Homework

In our classroom, homework every

night of the week that ends in “y” is READING.

Your child has a requirement of 100 RAH(Reading at Home) minutes per week. RAH minutes will be recorded every Monday morning as soon as the students enter the classroom.  I assign leveled readers, as well as, independent readers at Guided Reading during our Literacy block. Any reading assignment that I assign takes precedence over independent reading or AR (Accelerated Reader).  Please sign agendas so your child will receive credit for RAH minutes.  It will also be his/her responsibility to mark the total minutes on a chart in the classroom. Obviously I will not be heartbroken if your child chooses to read more than 100 minutes, I encourage it!

As it accompanies our lessons, we will sometimes have math homework.  I encourage you to review this with your child as this will foster a deeper understanding of our curriculum.  If your child is having difficulty with a certain assigned homework, please let me know as this will alert me that your child might need further instruction in that area. 

We will also have online homework or special projects that might require at home preparation and work.  You will have advance notice on these activities and plenty of time to accomplish the tasks.  If an online link is malfunctioning, skip that one and choose another appropriate link from our website.  If your internet is on the fritz, reading extra is always a suitable option.

Part of weekly homework will include studying for vocabulary and spelling tests.  Words can be found in agenda books.

Overall, we will not have a significant amount of written homework.  Just remember, "the dog ate my homework" excuse only worked once with Ms. Rose and that was only because I witnessed it happening.