I’m so worried about how colleges will perceive this really difficult period.
As your daughter explores her postsecondary options with guidance from her academic counselor, she should take note of which schools require SAT or ACT scores. She should also categorize colleges as “safety schools” , “good fit” schools , and “reach” schools . When she applies to college next fall, she should have at least one “safety” school. If she’s applying to mostly “reach” schools, she should explore more “good fit” options.
As a working single mom, how do I find the time to help my fifth grader with the daily math and reading he is supposed to do? I get home from work and have approximately two hours with my kids, maybe 2.5 on a rare good day, and that has to encompass cooking dinner, doing dishes, packing lunch for the next day, and getting ready for bed. And some nights there are older sibling activities, so there are less than two hours that we are home.
Given the issues homework presents for you and your child, you could start by asking your son’s teacher how homework assignments affect his grade or support his mastery of concepts. In many classrooms, homework is encouraged, but it’s often not required. Getting an understanding for how completing the assignments will impact his grade may provide some context to help you prioritize how your time as a family is spent.
You can do that in a few ways. The first is to reach out to her school and ask if they can tell you what kids have been working on. At my school, the kindergarten teachers send out regular “newsletters” that describe what academic skills we have been practicing. Even just getting copies of those would give you a sense of how the curricula compare.
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