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Transition Guide
Independent Work • Independently monitors, assesses and revises • Check in occasionally by asking questions and
plans to complete tasks and meet goals talking about how the work is going
• Uses class time appropriately to complete tasks • Participate appropriately in homework
• Follows instructions with minimal supervision experiences and provide guidance as needed
– encourage child to read instructions carefully
and attempt different ways to solve problems
• Promote independence as much as possible
• Create a checklist of work to be completed
• Help your child refer to and or access
assignment criteria or rubrics

Collaboration • Accepts various roles and an equitable share of • Establish a balance between homework and
work in a group other activities
• Responds positively to the ideas, opinions, • activities (to be part of a team)
values, and traditions of others • Provide opportunities for your child to practice
• Builds healthy peer-to-peer relationships his/her skills with others
through personal and media-assisted • Help your child to build healthy peer-to-peer
interactions relationships by visiting the public library for
• Works with others to resolve conflicts and build story time, attending summer camp, plays and
consensus to achieve group goals musical events
• Shares information, resources, and expertise • Encourage your child to work with others in
and promotes critical thinking to solve group settings such as clubs, organizations
problems and make decisions and teams
• Monitor on-line social networking carefully
• Encourage child to work out problems with
others in a civil manner (find a compromise),
on their own when possible

Initiative • Looks for and acts on new ideas and • Promote risk-taking learning activities
opportunities for learning • Encourage curiosity
• Demonstrates the capacity for innovation and • Encourage your child to start asking questions
a willingness to take risks • Turn everyday activities into homework such
• Demonstrates curiosity and interest in learning as searching newspapers, reading recipes,
• Approaches new tasks with a positive attitude creating shopping lists, plotting out routes on
• Recognizes and advocates appropriately for a map, reading directions on how to set up a
the rights of self and others game console
• Visit places in Canada and abroad
• Encourage child volunteer responses in class
• When failing or making mistakes, be supportive
and allow children to learn from their
experiences

Self-Regulation • Sets own individual goals and monitors • Help your child set goals
progress towards achieving them • Participate appropriately in homework
• Seeks clarification or assistance when needed experiences by clarifying expectations and
• Assesses and reflects critically on own providing guidance as needed
strengths, needs, and interests • Provide strategies that best suit your child’s
• Identifies learning opportunities, choices, learning style
and strategies to meet personal needs and • Acknowledge your childs efforts
achieve goals • Motivate your child to persevere when
• Perseveres and makes an effort when responding to challenges
responding to challenges • Encourage child to develop interests in
multiple hobbies
• Encourage child to reflect on their efforts
• Connect your child’s interests with possible
careers in all pathways

Adapted from the FSL Homework Toolbox
(http://www.fslhomeworktoolbox.ca/homework_tips/learning_skills_and_work_habits.php)

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