Division 8 Homework Policy:
In our class homework will consist of finishing up things that were assigned during the day, studying, and reading. Class time is always provided for assignments and the majority of work should be done in class. The amount of homework your child has will depend on how much work they have completed during the day. If your child is doing considerably more than 30-45 minutes a night on a consistent basis, please let me know so we can adjust things as necessary. If the homework is frustrating for your child or you feel "stuck" please put it away and have your child speak to me about it the next day. I would much rather help the next day than have it be a point of frustration at home.
Suggestions for students with no assigned homework
In our class homework will consist of finishing up things that were assigned during the day, studying, and reading. Class time is always provided for assignments and the majority of work should be done in class. The amount of homework your child has will depend on how much work they have completed during the day. If your child is doing considerably more than 30-45 minutes a night on a consistent basis, please let me know so we can adjust things as necessary. If the homework is frustrating for your child or you feel "stuck" please put it away and have your child speak to me about it the next day. I would much rather help the next day than have it be a point of frustration at home.
Suggestions for students with no assigned homework
- Encourage daily enjoyment of literature. Surround you child with books - of a variety of genres. Have a daily time set aside where the family takes time to read together. Engage in real conversations about what you are reading with your child. What makes the book interesting? What does the author do to engage us as readers? Encourage them to ask questions as they read, identify powerful wording, "read the pictures", use text features to learn about the reading, retell from a different perspective, or simply discuss what they liked/didn't like about the reading.
- Support your children's curiosity by engaging them in inquiry. Model and encourage curiosity and asking of questions. Follow up on curiosities by conducting research, doing experiments, investigating and discovering.
- Assist in building proficiency in Math. Work on basic numeracy skills and learning the language of Math in daily real-life scenarios, for example, counting change returned when making purchases, estimating lengths, shapes, volume in play that involves constructing or making explicit the "math" of quantities when cooking. Fun can be had by playing Math games with your children with cards or on the computer.