Today's Tip for Families

[En español]

02-12-2024

Offer Opportunities to Practice Skills

Assignments give students a chance to practice the skills they are learning. But there are many additional ways that you can help your child get the practice that “makes perfect.”

Encourage your child to:

• Write notes. One fun way to provide writing practice is to have a “silent supper,” where family members write notes to communicate. Just being unable to talk may make your child want to pick up a pen and have a say.
• Tell you the key facts in a reading passage or textbook chapter. Be sure to ask a few questions about what your student tells you.
• Share a fact with you. Plan time for everyone in the family to share one new thing they learned that day.
• Play a matching game. On a sheet of paper, write math problems (7 + 4) in one column. Write the answers (11) in a different order in another column. Have your child match them up.

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Nye County Schools
Pahrump, NV

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