You guys are all right on and I appreciate your help.

I think right now I'm going to either give them two of the papers to do
each night (while I search for more comprehensive materials), or give
them one and have them write a summary like wig suggested.

Our team is supposed to be meeting with the principal and I'm hoping it
happens today. Otherwise it will probably be Monday...either way, I'll
deal with it and enjoy my weekend. Thanks again!

Cathy

On 11/06/09, wig wrote:
> If there are four classes and 80 minutes per night. That should equal
> 20 minutes per subject. I am assuming that the principal thinks you
> aren't giving enough because it took only ten minutes.
>
> I think what you are doing is fine. If you have to give more, than
> require that they write a summary of what they read. Writing never
> hurts and summarization is a skill worth working on.
>
> On 11/06/09, Jo wrote:
>> I say, assign your portion of the time or a bit more and document,
>> document, document. Keep records of what you assign, the purpose
>> of it, etc.
>>
>> Do you work in teams at your school or is everyone an individual
>> entity? If in teams, e-mail the team members asking what homework
>> they are assigning and how long they expect it to take their
>> students so you can plan your homework level accordingly.
>>
>> Document, document, document.
>>
>> O
>> n 11/06/09, Me again wrote:
>>> It's 80 minutes total, for all subjects, but I'm the only one
>>> being confronted about it. I don't want to rat anyone out on my
>>> team but it's getting ridiculous. The math teachers and the
>>> language arts teachers are always held responsible for these
>>> things, even though science and social studies should share the
>>> responsibility.
>>>
>>> On 11/06/09, Jo wrote:
>>>> Are you sure you are correct in the mandate or the
>>>> administration is correct in the mandate?
>>>>
>>>> While 80min/night of total homework sounds reasonable, what
>>>> you are describing is 80 min/night/class. Or are they just
>>>> mandating LA homework. Otherwise, even with block days that
>>>> is 4 x 80 = 320 min/night 5 hours of homework a night?
>>>>

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