1. HOMEFRONT SURVIVAL SKILLS Study Skills

2. HOMEWORK SURVIVAL GUIDE A Place to Work • Find the right place • Gather all necessary materials

3. HOMEWORK SURVIVAL GUIDE Organizing Homework/Setting Priorities • List of all assignments • Need all necessary books, materials • Breakdown tasks • Check it out • Sandwich assignments (easy, hard, easy) • How much time is needed? • Allow enough time, allow a break time

4. HOMEWORKSURVIVAL GUIDE Getting Started • Set a specific homework time • Monitor first 5 min, off to a good start • Talk about assignments with child, encourage best efforts • Walk your child through a few problems • Build in a short break

5. HOMEWORK SURVIVAL GUIDE Getting Through It • Set time limits (kitchen timer, stopwatch, “beat the clock”…) • Switch assignments, don’t burn out • Make a back-on-track taped message

6. HOMEWORK SURVIVAL GUIDE Long-Term Assignments • Know when the work is due • Break it down into subtasks • Draw up a timeline

7. HOMEWORK SURVIVAL GUIDE Incentive Systems (if needed) • Develop a point system • Draw up a job list with your child • Determine how many points • Record points earned (chart or notebook) • Revise the system as needed

8. HOMEWORK SURVIVAL GUIDE Parent Role: To Help or To Monitor • DGL practice Discuss-Guide-Leave alone (ripping the velcro) • Check out neatness and accuracy May need a rewrite, tell # of errors or point out errors… • Homework is to provide independent practice with skills already taught • Conference with teacher if ?’s regarding time, amount, success level…