Home Support

After the new year I decided to change how I supported students at home.  It always seems like the students who struggle the most get the most work to do. I feel that my instruction in intervention is so individualized, I like to send home work they can do independently and practice the specific skills I have been teaching.

First off, every week I send home a red colored folder for our reading class.  The title of the folder is R.E.D, which stands for read every day. Inside the folder families will find a stay home side with work from the week, a bring backside which includes a newsletter, one or two practice activities and a book on the students reading level.  There is also a parent communication log in the middle to share information.

Students have an entire week to complete the work and can earn prizes for doin so. The homework I give is to show parents what we are working on and to give students work they can do easily.

To eleaviate some of the stress of paper work at home, I have cut back to a monthly newsletter.

What do you do to support child at home and keep parents in the loop and what success do you have?

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