That student was understood both parts of homework. Yes, homework is often boring and most students would rather be doing something else. But homework provides the essential opportunities to practice skills and consolidate concepts. Without that kind of practice, students would be constantly exposed to ideas and skills but never really master them. If these kinds of practice activities could not be assigned for independent work, the time in school for art, music, physical education and all kinds of other rewarding activities would disappear. So homework makes it possible for students to have a lot of other more interesting activities during the school day.
So homework is important. But since it is practice, is needs to be done smartly and in moderation. It is not always possible for every child to finish every assignment. Nor is it possible with such a wide range of background and abilities to come up with assignments which all students can complete in 40 minutes or so, the rough time frame suggested by the district. Parents will have to monitor homework and help their child choose the most important assignments for them. For students who are good in spelling, they may be able to skip the spelling activities and just learn the words their own way. Each week has a designated math computation skill as well as the regular conceptual work from the math book. If the student does well on the skill on Monday, it may be possible to skip those worksheets for the rest of the week.
So homework is important. But since it is practice, is needs to be done smartly and in moderation. It is not always possible for every child to finish every assignment. Nor is it possible with such a wide range of background and abilities to come up with assignments which all students can complete in 40 minutes or so, the rough time frame suggested by the district. Parents will have to monitor homework and help their child choose the most important assignments for them. For students who are good in spelling, they may be able to skip the spelling activities and just learn the words their own way. Each week has a designated math computation skill as well as the regular conceptual work from the math book. If the student does well on the skill on Monday, it may be possible to skip those worksheets for the rest of the week.
The homework assignments for the day are listed below each day's entry. Starting in the 2011 school year, assignments will be listen in order of importance.
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