[LIT] Discussion on Homework

[Mary Lou]

Our team just finished our student-led-conferences.  What is interesting to
note are comments made by parents.  Some say that their children are
completing two hours of homework each night; others say that their children
are coming home with no homework, and still others say that the homework is
just right (sounds like Goldilocks and the Three Bears-doesn't it?).  These
children are in heterogeneous classrooms...they have the very same
assignments!  

I guess kids are not unlike adults.  Some do what they are told, some do
nothing they are told, and others are type A personalities and work toward
perfection.  So, I think the question really is what kinds of homework
assignments can one give that is an extension of class and practice of
learning activities?  Secondly, how do your students PERCEIVE the homework
assignments and more importantly themselves as learners?  

Personally, I want my students to take their homework seriously, but do not
want them to "frustrate" themselves to the point it causes undue anxiety. 

Mary Lou  
RI 

-----Original Message-----
From: lit-bounces at literacyworkshop.org
[mailto:lit-bounces at literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Melissa Harrelson
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 8:21 PM
To: lit at literacyworkshop.org
Subject: [LIT] Discussion on Homework

To the members of this listserv, I wanted to know your opinion on homework.

Do you think that teachers today give to much homework to children?  Do you 
think that it is good to have children doing homeowrk for 2-3 hours 
everynight, having parents hurrying them up or doing it for them so they can

get to bed on time and have their homework done?

Melissa Harrelson

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