[LIT] Discussion on Homework

[zlcarter at aol.com]

I assign homework.....for a few reasons, responsibility, to prepare for high school and college and to give more practice on skills.    I have found what works for me is assigning all homwork on Maodays and having it due on Wed- Friday.   When teaching core ( LA and SS)  SSOW ( Social Studies of the Week ) is due on wed.  It is a worksheet type that is map, graph ,  non fiction text  about cultural of what we are studying or even the hoilday of the that time ie; V Day, MLK, Thanksgiving .......  I do rebecca sittons spelling ....so a packet is due on Thursday ...with those activites and then WOW (writing of the week ) is due on Friday ..... this is a writing prompt in final draft form with rough draft every other Friday and a WASL ( our state assessment )  like text with question the other.   I usually get 80 to 90 percent I make a big deal of it ...send letters home to families and remind them in my newsletter ..........   I think homework is important I don't fail a student becaue of the lack of it but usually those that don't turn it in are absent and in the non work mode ( I focus on getting them to just complete classwork)
 
 
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[mailto:lit-bounces at literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Melissa Harrelson
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 6:21 PM
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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? YES

 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? No, no, no. 

I really think that teachers need to communicate more on what they are
assigning but this is so difficult because our schedules are so tight and
there is no time for teacher discussions. It is a major problem We are
finding that kids just aren't doing it. I am fortunate to have a job that I
do not have to assign homework...it is wonderful but the problem still
remains for content teachers. We are mandated to assign it, the kids don't
do it, the parents don't really seem to support the process, so what to
do???

Alice

Melissa Harrelson

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