NotebookLM

Turn one chapter into a concise study guide plus 8-10 practice questions.

Night before a quiz or at the end of each chapter

1. Upload chapter and notes into a dedicated notebook.
2. Ask for a grade-appropriate summary with 5 key ideas.
3. Generate 8-10 mixed-difficulty review questions.
4. Have your child answer without looking at notes first.
5. Review misses and trace each answer back to source lines.

Materials: Chapter PDF, Class notes, Teacher vocabulary list

Parent role: Curate source files, set prompt boundaries, verify correctness.

Child role: Attempt recall first, then revise notes based on misses.

Deliverable: One-page summary + short review quiz with correction notes.

Improve understanding of informational text in science/social studies.

2-3 times per week during reading-heavy units

1. Upload passage and ask for a paragraph-by-paragraph plain-language recap.
2. Ask for 5 inference questions and 3 evidence-based questions.
3. Have your child cite exact sentences for each answer.
4. End with one short verbal teach-back.

Materials: Assigned reading passage, Teacher question set

Parent role: Prompt for evidence-based questions and enforce cite-your-source rule.

Child role: Answer and justify with textual evidence.

Deliverable: Annotated reading notes with evidence tags.

Convert dense notes into an audio review your child can replay.

Before school commute or short evening refreshers

1. Upload notes and generate an audio overview.
2. Listen once together and mark unclear terms.
3. Generate follow-up explanations for unclear terms.
4. Finish with 3 oral recall questions.

Materials: Unit notes, Vocabulary sheet

Parent role: Check for factual accuracy and fill gaps where needed.

Child role: Pause, paraphrase, and answer oral checks.

Deliverable: Audio recap + clarified vocabulary checklist.