Helping your student with homework can be a little tricky at times. We know that you want to help your child as much as us. Here you will find links for math, literacy, and homework. There are additional resources in the Student tab under Links and Resources.
Dear Parent or Guardian of John Doe,
Your child is currently receiving individualized instruction at school through the Web-based Istation program. Your child’s school has chosen to extend/expand this experience by providing unlimited access to Istation at home!
Here’s how you can gain access to the Parent Portal and Istation Home for your child:
The first step is to install Istation on your home computer. This is a quick and easy process. Go to www.istation.com/IstationHome and follow the simple installation instructions. The www.istation.com/IstationHome Web page also provides information on how to log in to the Istation Parent Portal, where you can view your child’s progress and access reports and other resources.
For more information or help, visit www.istation.com, call 1-866-883-7323 toll-free (press 2), or e-mail support@istation.com.
When it comes to parent involvement, research suggests parents should help their child see their homework as an opportunity to learn rather than perform.
Instead of ensuring their child completes their homework, it’s more effective for parents to support their child to increase confidence in completing homework tasks on their own.
Here are ways you can do this:
Life is busy. Parents can create positive study habits by allocating family time for this. This could mean carving out one hour after dinner for your child to do homework while you engage in a study activity such as reading, rather than watching television and relaxing. You can also create a comfortable and inviting reading space for the child to learn in.
Parents’ ability to support their child’s learning goes beyond homework. Parents can engage their child in discussions, read with them, and provide them with other ongoing learning opportunities (such as going to a museum, watching a documentary or spending time online together).
Your positivity will make a difference to your child’s approach to homework and learning in general. Simply, your presence and support creates a positive learning environment.
Sitting next to your children as they completed their homework tasks in English or Spanish, asking them questions and encouraging them to discuss what they were learning in their first language will be encouraging for your child.
In this way, the parents still played a role in supporting their child even without understanding the content and the children were actively engaged in their learning.
If a child has a problem they can’t work out, you can sit down and model how you would do it, then complete the next one together and then have the child do it on their own.
When your child becomes overly frustrated with their homework, do not force them. Instead, together create a plan to best tackle it: