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Having The Right Materials
Basic school supplies. Make sure your child has pencils, pens, paper, a ruler, a dictionary, a book bag, and any other special tools or supplies that the teacher recommends (such as a calculator or hole punch).
· An assignment notebook. Your child needs a weekly assignment notebook with the days of the week written on it and space or blocks to write down the assignments for each subject. These can be found at stationery and office supply stores, or at your local drug store. Check to see that your child is using the assignment notebook to write down the date when assignments are due, any steps or guidelines from the teacher, and page numbers for reading assignments.
· A calendar. A wall calendar is useful for planning long-range assignments. All of you can refer to it.
· Tools for organizing papers and materials. Students use many different tools for organizing their schoolwork and supplies. Here are some good tools:
· A three-ring binder, with dividers between each subject. Or separate notebooks for each subject, with a different color folder for each class. Some students keep important papers in corresponding color-coded folders.
· A separate notebook for storing important handouts for each subject.
· A special shelf or drawer at home, near where your child studies, to store important papers until they're needed.
· Shop ahead of time for special supplies. This way you won't get stuck the night before a big project is due finding you're out of poster board and glue.
· Encourage your child to weed through folders and notebooks every week or so to throw away papers that are no longer needed.
· Have your child make it a habit of putting completed homework in a regular place -- maybe the pocket in the front of his notebook. This way he can find it easily in class.
Did George Washington sleep in a straw bed?
At least some of the time he probably did. In early America, simple wooden beds and straw mattresses were the rule in all but the wealthiest of homes. American inns during the Revolutionary War era were not lush or comfortable, and an innkeeper would think nothing of requesting that a guest share his bed with a stranger when accommodations became scarce.
When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.
~The Talmud
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