Taking the stress out of homework Organizational, content-specific, and test prep strategies to help your children help themselves
Book - 2020
"Taking the Stress out of Homework breaks down for parents exactly when and how to offer homework support. Whether your child's stress point is executive functioning--the ability to plan or organize--or a subject-specific struggle in math, reading, writing, or standardized test-preparation, Abby and Brian use real-life stories to provide individualized, actionable advice." -- Amazon.com.
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New York :
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
[2020]
- Language
- English
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- Other Authors
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- ix, 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9780593190326
- Introduction: Knowing When to Help with Homework and Building Executive Functioning
- Part I. Executive Function Strategies
- Chapter 1. Time Management: Planning Ahead to Avoid Last-Minute Cramming and Tears
- Chapter 2. Study Skills: Making the Most of Study Time
- Chapter 3. Organization: Finding a Method to the Madness
- Part II. Content-Specific Strategies
- Chapter 4. Math: Preventing Avoidable Errors, Managing the "I-Don't-Get-Its," Conquering Word Problem Woes, and More
- Chapter 5. Reading: Transforming Reluctant Readers, Strategies for Reading Comprehension, and More
- Chapter 6. Writing I: Helping Students Get Started: Preparing and Outlining
- Chapter 7. Writing II: The Final Product: Composition and Revision
- Chapter 8. Middle and High School Test Prep: The ISEE, SSAT, SAT, and ACT
- Part III. Hands-On Resources
- Section 1. Student Resources for Organization and Planning
- Section 2. Student and Parent Resources for Math
- Section 3. Student Resources for Writing
- Acknowledgments
- Index