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Homework assignments are posted with the PB Weekly news forum. A printed copy also comes home on the first day of each school week. At the beginning of the year, homework assignments are often explained for parents and tips are sometimes included. Parents or students may call me at home for help with any homework.
Homework is usually reinforcement or practice for a concept or skill previously learned
in class. Less often, homework is assigned as an introductory activity for a new concept or
skill. A few assignments each month may be designed to encourage parent/child interaction.
Written homework is usually assigned four times each week, on Monday through Thursday evenings. Weekend assignments will be assigned regularly after November. An optional extra credit writing assignment may also be assigned. At times, especially toward the end of the year, there may be two or more assignments on some evenings.
Daily homework will usually take no longer than one-half hour to forty minutes to complete. If your child is consistantly taking longer to complete homework, please contact me.
Other at-home activities may also be assigned, such as spelling word and multiplication table study, as well as daily reading. In addition, special projects will involve weekend homework.
Written assignments include all of the subjects with reading, spelling, writing and math taking precedence. I do attempt to strike a balance among worksheets and other higher level homework activities such as graphing, charting, observing and mapping depending on the needs of the class.
Homework that is handed in late or without a name is not accepted except under extenuating circumstances such as an illness or emergency. All homework must have the correct heading according to my current classroom procedures. Homework must be done in cursive, except for math assignments that are mostly computational.
Written homework is usually graded only for being returned on time and for being
completed according to directions. I do grade one or two homework assignments each week for academic content, but the students don't know which ones. SLD inclusion students may have modified
assignments.
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