October Parent Newsletter
We had 84% of our parents and families attend the parent/teacher conferences in September. Thank you for your support. Our children will experience more success as we continue to build the partnerships between home and school. It was a pleasure meeting so many CVES’s parents and families during the first weeks of school.
At the conferences, parents learned where their children scored on the AIMSWeb benchmarks and progress monitoring assessments/tests, as well as their mid-term grades. This sharing of data helped parents understand the importance of supporting their children’s learning at home and homework completion.
To help in your support at home, listed below are some homework tips:
HOMEWORK
- Make sure your child has a quiet, well-lit place to do homework.
Avoid having your child do homework with the television on or in places with other distractions, such as people coming and going. - Make sure the materials your child needs, such as paper, pencils and a dictionary, are available.
Ask your child if special materials will be needed for some projects and get them in advance. - Help your child with time management.
Establish a set time each day for doing homework. Don’t let your child wait to complete homework until just before bedtime. Think about using a weekend morning or afternoon for working on big projects, especially if the project involves getting together with classmates.
Be positive about homework.
Tell your child how important school is. The attitude you express about homework will be the attitude your child acquires.
Phone Friend
Homework Help Line:
1-800-308-2000
Hours: M-F 1:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
English and Spanish
Phone Friend will help guide you through your homework, read a story with you or to you, or just share a joke or two.
You can call 3 times per day for 10 minutes each call, but you do need to wait 30 minutes between each call.
This is offered through the Association for Supportive Child Care http://www.asccaz.org/phonefriend.html
B.E.A.R. Be Excited About Reading
This is a read-at-home program that began on Sept. 22 for grades K-5. Students will read a book at home (or have it read to them), record it on the log that is provided and return each day with their agenda.
Each hall will then post the books read along the wall with a bear paw. The side that read the most books will earn a special prize at the end of the quarter.
