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Homework debate
By oldie
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A parent who is asking "What should I do?" by second grade (and with 5 kids????)--OH NO!Involving the principal, over spelling words? Seems like everyone is pulling together and working really hard, EXCEPT the one who | should be working, the KID. She is getting THREE adults bent over backwards by doing nothing. I've found today's children as a whole care much less about recess than we did--I remember only twice did any student have to stay inside during my fourth grade year. HOLDING RECESS works for only 1/4 of the students. Try this: Laminate a colorful "HW completed!" card. If the girl completes | |
her hw, she gets the card to take home. Then back away...It is not your job to recommend rewards/punishments, it wouldn't help anyhow. The parents must do something (go to room, no TV--this just worked wonders for a student of mine this month, lose video game, no phone, on friends over, WHATEVERfor the rest of that night). Each day should be a fresh start. I've found the more I did about the less the kid did (thank you John Rosemond for your Homework Hassle book way back when!)
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