How to Use schoolwork in a Sentence

schoolwork

noun
  • Tell your child in advance how long the brain breaks and chunks of schoolwork will last.
    Catherine Holecko, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • Don't get lazy, don't slack off; keep working hard on your schoolwork or work around the house.
    Sierra Newton, Cincinnati.com, 23 Mar. 2020
  • Not all school systems are going to count schoolwork done while schools are closed toward grades.
    Jon Pedersen, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2020
  • But for the most part, the afternoon consists of schoolwork.
    Matt McDonald, Outside Online, 10 Feb. 2020
  • Try to keep your teen on a schedule: waking up at a set time, schoolwork, outside time, fun time.
    Laura Demarco, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2020
  • While their bond was strengthening, the time away from home caused Michael's schoolwork to pile up.
    Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2019
  • However, such a high mileage week will leave me with very little appetite for schoolwork.
    Matt McDonald, Outside Online, 10 Feb. 2020
  • What's more, kids who don't get enough sleep struggle to wake up in the mornings and have trouble learning or doing schoolwork.
    Lisa Linnell-Olsen, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • Many students don't have a parent or caregiver with the time or resources to help them keep up with online schoolwork.
    NBC News, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Common themes are schoolwork, home life and relationships.
    Phillip Morris, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2020
  • Sama spends no more than three hours a day on schoolwork with her oldest children — ages 5 and 8 — and reserves the remaining time for play.
    Gina Rich, Good Housekeeping, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Vela didn't want to fall behind on his schoolwork, but the headaches and nausea made concentrating on anything difficult.
    Perry Vandell, azcentral, 30 Jan. 2020
  • In the evenings, Dee split his time among the youth drop-in centers, using the internet to get schoolwork done or throwing in a load of laundry.
    Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 11 Dec. 2019
  • At school If schools are closed or children are quarantined at home, parents should find out if their children’s schools have plans for continuing schoolwork.
    Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, 28 Feb. 2020
  • With virtual gymnastics lessons, kindergarten art projects, and a dining room table covered in laptops and schoolwork, everyone is adapting.
    Fortune, 6 Apr. 2020
  • That means students who either don't own a device on which to do schoolwork, or who don't have access to broadband internet, will be significantly disadvantaged.
    Erin Richards, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2020
  • For instance, in studies, when students were prompted to reflect on why their schoolwork mattered to them personally, researchers found that their interest in learning increased.
    Erin C. Westgate, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2020
  • So what’s the best way to digest a day’s worth of schoolwork?
    Vicky Hallett, National Geographic, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Then there would be more schoolwork, chores and lights out.
    Indra Nooyi, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Screen time is screen time, and kids who are doing schoolwork still need to get out from in front of the screen.
    Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 18 Feb. 2021
  • None of my friends were doing schoolwork in the summer.
    Dwain Hebda, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2021
  • Those days were also a respite from the stress of schoolwork, Ms. Kalember, 17, said.
    Maria Cramer, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Helping her with her schoolwork takes up some of Chavez’s time.
    Sara Tabin, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Thank you so much for working hard on your schoolwork at home.
    Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Our human resources staff help follow up on the progress of the schoolwork.
    Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Watkins and his wife, Nichol, struggled to help their sons, age 12 and 10, with online schoolwork.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 9 July 2020
  • Students do schoolwork curled up on couches or the floor.
    Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 23 May 2021
  • The stress of getting kids to concentrate on schoolwork while at home.
    Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2021
  • Jourdan at his schoolwork station on his first day of school in 2020.
    Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Max works on chemistry schoolwork on the floor of the bus, while Paula lends her table saw to a neighbor to work on his own bus on Feb. 23.
    Time, 30 Apr. 2021

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