1. Let your child know his/her Spanish homework is important and valuable.
2. Set a regular time each day for homework, allowing some time to unwind after school before getting started.
3. Be sure your child has all essentials, such as papers books, pencils and school books.
4. Help your child get organized by providing folders for papers at home and checking their agenda.
5. Have a quiet, clean and well-lit place to study, with a comfortable chair. Keep all school work there.
6. Discourage distractions including, TV, during study time. Allow study break intervals.
7. Be available to support your child with his/her Spanish homework but keep homework as his/her responsibility.
8. Parents are not expected to correct homework assignments (conjugate verbs, know tenses etc.) Spot check homework when it is completed, but don't change their work unless the teacher asks. Should your child have difficulty doing homework, contact the teacher to inform him/her of this.
9. Read any comments that your teacher has made on returned assignments.
10. If homework problems arise, contact your teacher for clarification.
REMEMBER:
Praise your child for homework done to the best of his or her ability.
