checklist

Parent Guide to Monitor Homework & Grades

If your child is struggling with a math class, you can help you student by
making sure they are doing everything that is expected of them.
The following is a check list of things you can do to help
your student become a better math student.

I. Placement

1. Is your student placed in the correct math class according to their abilities, math skills, and teacher recommendation?

II. Homework

1. Is your student trying every problem on the assignment?

2. Is your student showing all their work, documenting their thought processes?

3. Is your student checking all the odd answers in the back of the book and re-doing the problems they miss?

4. Is your student re-doing the even problems they have missed after they have corrected their answers in class?

5. Is your student previewing every night for 5 minutes?

6. Is your student reviewing every night for 5 minutes?

III. Study Skills

1. Is your student using their Agenda to document assignments, projects, and testing dates?

2. Is your student taking lecture/discussion notes on a daily basis?

3. When your student is in their room "doing homework," are they really doing homework or are they online to friends,
talking on the phone, or occupied with other tasks?

4. Is your student using study period to do math homework, get help from the teacher, or meet with a Study Center tutor?

5. Has your student used the www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools web-site to do practice problems in preparation
for a quiz or test?

IV. Attendance

1. Are you making medical appointments after school whenever possible?

2. Are you making sure you do not plan family trips/vacations during the school year?

3. Are you phoning the Attendance Office in a timely fashion to excuse legal absences?

4. Are you calling the Attendance Office if you suspect your child has either a tardy or an attendance problem?

V. Grades

1. Are you asking your student on a timely basis how they are doing in their classes or asking them to keep track of their
     test scores to show you?

2. Are you arranging to have progress reports/report cards mailed home or asking to see them in a timely fashion?

3. Are you communicating to your child that you will "accept a grade" of less than a "B" if your child is truly working to the
     best of their abilities?

4. Are you contacting the teacher (voice mail/email) if you want to check on progress rather than assuming the teacher will be
     able to call you to report grade fluctuations?

5. Before hiring a tutor, are you discussing with the teacher whether a poor grade is the result of lack of effort or a lack of
     understanding?

Home

1. Is your student trying every problem on the assignment?
2. Is your student showing all their work, documenting their thought processes?
3. Is your student checking all the odd answers in the back of the book and re-doing the problems they miss?
4. Is your student re-doing the even problems they have missed after they have corrected their answers in class?
5. Is your student previewing every night for 5 minutes?
6. Is your student reviewing every night for 5 minutes?

1. Is your student using their Agenda to document assignments, projects, and testing dates?
2. Is your student taking lecture/discussion notes on a daily basis?
3. When your student is in their room "doing homework," are they really doing homework or are they online to friends, talking on the phone, or occupied with other tasks?
4. Is your student using study period to do math homework, get help from the teacher, or meet with a Study Center tutor?
5. Has your student used the www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools web-site to do practice problems in preparation for a quiz or test?

1. Are you making medical appointments after school whenever possible?
2. Are you making sure you do not plan family trips/vacations during the school year?
3. Are you phoning the Attendance Office in a timely fashion to excuse legal absences?
4. Are you calling the Attendance Office if you suspect your child has either a tardy or an attendance problem?

1. Are you asking your student on a timely basis how they are doing in their classes or asking them to keep track of their test scores to show you?
2. Are you arranging to have progress reports/report cards mailed home or asking to see them in a timely fashion?
3. Are you communicating to your child that you will "accept a grade" of less than a "B" if your child is truly working to the best of their abilities?
4. Are you contacting the teacher (voice mail/email) if you want to check on progress rather than assuming the teacher will be able to call you to report grade fluctuations?
5. Before hiring a tutor, are you discussing with the teacher whether a poor grade is the result of lack of effort or a lack of understanding?