Oak Hall Learning Specialists Parent Coffee Talks “Working Together to Ensure Success”

How to help your child succeed in school Fall 2018 How to help your child succeed in school

Welcome and Introductions: Diana Murdock – Academic Dean Sue Hendricks – Lower School Learning Specialist Kelly Warm – Lower School Learning Specialist Susan Swiderski – Middle School Learning Specialist

Objective: Upon completion of this presentation you will: learn a variety of study strategies for assessments take away organizational strategies that prevent your child from feeling overwhelmed and promote life-long success acquire strategies that help your child to comprehend what they are reading

Developing Smart Study Habits: Set a regular study time and space Remove all distractions Have all the necessary supplies

Study in small, short chunks. Study Strategies Study in small, short chunks. DO NOT CRAM

Rereading notes or highlighting a textbook are ineffective. Study Strategies Rereading notes or highlighting a textbook are ineffective. Instead use notecards or rewrite notes.

Have a goal for each study session. Study Strategies Have a goal for each study session. For Example: I will make notecards for 10 of my vocabulary terms and memorize them.

Encourage your child to Study Strategies Encourage your child to ”teach” challenging concepts to you.

Study Strategies https://kahoot.com Have your child use the information they need to learn to make a Kahoot game and play it as a family. You make a Kahoot game and have your child play it. It’s free and fun! https://kahoot.com

Study Strategies Have your child use the information they need to learn to make a Quizlet game. Find an already made Quizlet for your child It’s free and fun! https://quizlet.com

Organizational Strategies Have your child keep a planner Require them to write everything down *even if they have no homework.* Encourage your child to keep a large calendar at home that allows them to make long-term plans, such as a desk calendar or white board.

Reading Strategies Read with your child every day, even after he/she becomes an independent reader. Jump-In Reading Enjoy reading a story with family members by allowing each person to read a portion of the story. This technique motivates your child to read a longer text. .

Reading Strategies Selective Underlining/Highlighting Helps your child understands the story’s main idea and for organizing information from selections. Sticky-Note Discussions This works effectively after your child has read a selection, he/she uses sticky notes to mark the places he/she wants to talk about