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Mar 9, 2008
i'm wondering what other four blocks teachers give for
reading, writing or spelling homework. i teach second, and
we are required to give 40 minutes of HW. i do not
personally agree with this, but it is school policy. i tend
to give what i think is 40 minutes for my lowest students,
not my highest, as then my lowest kids may have an hour or
two of homework! this does NOT count the required 20
minutes of reading per night, which is whole school. i
think it is too much homework, but i feel like i am alone
on that opinion. other people and even parents want MORE
believe it or not.
anyways, i have really struggled with this. i have been
giving the making words for home or school sheet all year,
but really i think they only take about 5-10 minutes to do.
i also give a writing topic once a week (they can pick the
topic or free write.) and while it's not part of the
program, i have them write sentences with the 5 ...See More
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What I did...
I taught second grade too.
I had a similar school district requirement.
I asked that the child read to the parent. The parents are
the recorder of two things that the child says each night.
I found this prevented the parent from sending the child off
by himself/herself. ...See More