Self Regulation Strategies

Question 1

When reading, visualize what one is reading. Picture it as a movie or drawing. It helps one to remember

Answer 1

Make personal connections about what is being read.

Question 2

Teach your children to ask questions about what they want to learn and the purpose of reading before they read. This will help them focus.

Answer 2

Asking clarifying questions when reading. This can be helpful in focusing

Question 3

Encourage younger children to make predictions about what will happen next in the book. Teach them how to look for clues about what is to come and make guesses together to check their understanding

Answer 3

Teach good pre-writing strategies by discussing the topic first.

Question 4

To counteract writers block, teach your child to do a pre-writing activity called mental contrasting. The child writes about the process one will undergo when writing and develops a plan for overcoming obstacles for completing the writing

Answer 4

Use examples from the teacher to model writing for things like book reports, essays, and compare/contrast papers. Review the key features of the genre.

Question 5

Teach your child the organizational strategy of putting ideas on cards and then physically organizing them into groups by theme to develop main ideas.

Answer 5

Practice basic math facts in a fun way such as online games, apps and making math games

Question 6

Break math problems into steps. Teach problem-solving sequences that help kids talk through the steps needed to do a problem. One sequence is understand, plan, do and check.

Answer 6

Use online learning tools targeted to math concepts with which your child is struggling.