[LIT] Discussion on Homework

[Lucinda Marcello]

Does anyone use reading logs in their language arts classes to encourage 
reading outside of class? What has been your experience with this? Any 
suggestions? Thanks.

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Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: [LIT] Discussion on Homework


>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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> 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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