concerned parent and teacher

Posted on 11/17/09

I am in need of some opinions. My son is in the 7th grade
this year. I also teach elementary school, so I know a
little about AR. This year my son's language arts teacher is
requiring the students to read 15 pages a night Mon -
Thursday, 60 pages a week. While this does not bother me,
children should read because it makes for better readers and
comprehension practices. (This is his Language Arts teacher,
by the way) This part does bother me, he has been told
since students are not reading their Accelerated Reading
books they are to read and document 60 pages per week. From
now on, she will check the students AR logs for documenation
of the reading. She will conference with them to determine
if the reading actually occurred. She will count this
assignment as part of the weekly homework grade. NOW, for
a child who is ADD, he has Social Studies, reading homework,
which consists of reading a story in his textbook and
answering questions, some type of Science homework or
studying for a quiz in, and also math homework (which he
does struggle in)Also, this LA teacher gives nightly
homework of some type also. We spend several hours a night
doing homework and studying for test. By the time, we are
finished, he needs to eat and take a bath. This leaves very
little time for his brain to relax a few minutes before he
goes to bed. Do you feel this is a very fair practice?
Should AR reading be counted toward his weekly homework
grade. (Which by the way, he always has his written
homework, which is a 100, but figure in a couple of 0's and
his grade is....... well you can guess, bombed out! I
thought AR is voluntary. HELP!

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