Here are useful homework tips for parents which are based on ideas written
by educational researcher, Robert Marzano:
*Help set up a consistent time and place for homework to be done.
*Spend a few minutes on Sunday night creating a schedule around that
particular week's activities.
*Encourage, motivate, and prompt your child, but do not sit with him/her and
do the homework. The purpose of the homework is for your child to practice
and use what he/she has learned. If your child consistently is unable to do
the homework, please contact the teacher.
*If your child is practicing a skill, ask him/her to tell you which steps
are easy, which are difficult, and how he/she is going to improve. If your
child is doing a project, ask him/her what knowledge he is applying in the
project. Help in breaking long term projects into smaller pieces is very
appropriate.
*Although there might be exceptions, the minutes a fourth-grade child should
spend on homework should equal about 40 minutes. When bedtime comes, please
stop your child even if the homework is not done.