GPA Director Lindsay Whitley said many parents want to support their children’s learning at home, but often they don’t have the resources they need to do so. To fill this need, the district is paying to make a live online tutoring service from Brainfuse available to parents at no cost.
The tutoring, which is available for a wide range of subject areas, occurs through a live online chat session with a subject matter expert, and the platform includes a virtual whiteboard tool in which the tutor and student can work out a problem together. “The tutors don’t give students the answers; they help students work through problems on their own,” Whitley said.
A different type of puzzle for each day of the week. These puzzles will help with critical thinking skills, as well as develop and reinforce math and language arts skills.
The concreteness and relevancy of these neighborhood math problems encouraged the children to pay attention to their surroundings and made homework easier and more enjoyable for them to do -- and for parents to help with or check. Plus, the insights into the childrens daily lives that I gleaned from this kind of homework helped me know them better and teach them more effectively.