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Taking the stress out of homework, organizational, content-specific, and test prep strategies to help your children help themselves, Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer

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Taking the stress out of homework, organizational, content-specific, and test prep strategies to help your children help themselves, Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer

Language

eng

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Taking the stress out of homework

Responsibility statement

Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer

Sub title

organizational, content-specific, and test prep strategies to help your children help themselves

Summary

"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

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Knowing when to help with homework and building executive functioning -- Time management : planning ahead to avoid last-minute cramming and tears -- Study skills : making the most of study time -- Organization : finding a method to the madness -- Math : preventing avoidable errors, managing the "I-don't-get-its," conquering word problem woes, and more -- Reading : transforming reluctant readers, strategies for reading comprehension, and more -- Writing I : helping students get started : preparing and outlining -- Writing II : the final product : composition and revising -- Middle and high school test prep : the ISEE, SSAT, SAT, and ACT

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