MATH TUTORING ON-LINE FOR GRADES 7 & 8
Homework Help--Free Online Math Tutoring Available
Have a child in Grade 7 who doesn’t quite understand how to add fractions? Or maybe your teenager is struggling with a geometry assignment?
Extra help is now available. Check out Homework Help, where certified Ontario teachers are online 20 hours a week to provide free math tutoring for the Grade 7 to 10 math students in the Dufferin Peel Catholic School Board.
Students can log in Sunday to Thursday, 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., for one-on-one confidential help. There are interactive discussion rooms for each grade where they can view the current lesson, watch tutors draw on the whiteboard — and then type their own question for on-the-spot help.
To access http://HomeworkHelp.ilc.org, your child will receive a Board access code, as well as help setting up an account from their teacher at school.
Other math resources on the website include videos of teachers leading students through the top 20 most commonly asked math problems, interactive math tutorials and highlights of best sessions. And all students have a virtual locker, where their work is saved in video format for viewing anytime.
Dufferin Peel is one of 15 English-language school boards offering Homework Help this school year in the expansion of a pilot project funded by the Ministry of Education. Studies show that students who like math and have solid math skills are more likely to succeed in school and later in life.
“Many students continue to struggle with math. By expanding Homework Help, we are giving more students the extra help they need to succeed and graduate,” explains Kathleen Wynne, Minister of Education. Homework Help began in 2007-08 at schools in the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board and Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. Across Ontario, about 150,000 students will now have access to the online site. This website is another addition to the online resources available for Ontario’s teenagers. Sign in as a guest and see for yourself.