Most of my homework is to work on different parts of projects that I want completed. My high school also does Accelerated Reader where students have to read books and take quizzes to get points. So I typically assign them to read their AR books for 30 minutes and write a summary about what they read. That let's me know what's "cool" and popular with the students too!
Jana Miller - 12 years ago
Homework should be just enough practice to help them prepare for a test. I've seen weekly homework sheets that have writing words five times each, a couple math problems, and reading for 20 minutes.
Jacqueleen - 12 years ago
I give about 20 minutes or so just to get students to practice what we went over or to prepare them for the next lesson. It's when I give project based homework that I've heard students spend hours.
Heather - 12 years ago
Our school requires that our kids read at least 20 minutes each night. I try not to give much more than that. As a parent, I really appreciate when my kids do not have an excessive amount.
Virma - 12 years ago
I teach Kindergarten and give my students a packet every Monday to be turned in on Fridays. Some parents will have their child do 1 or 2 pages a night; others will finish it in one sitting.
Tiffany - 12 years ago
On a typical Monday-Thursday night I would assign the following:
-30 minutes of reading (student choice, recorded on a reading log and initialed by parents daily)
-a spelling assignment- a preparation activity for the weekly spelling test
-math assignment - OPTIONAL (most nights the only math homework the students would have would be the classwork assignment they had if they were unable to complete the classwork in class)
Natalie - 12 years ago
Each night, I assign the folloing:
R.I.S.E (reading anything for twenty minutes)
Practice flashcards
For most of the year, I then assigned one math assignment or language arts assignment.
Including the reading, homework should have taken somewhere between 30 minutes to an hour.
Most of my homework is to work on different parts of projects that I want completed. My high school also does Accelerated Reader where students have to read books and take quizzes to get points. So I typically assign them to read their AR books for 30 minutes and write a summary about what they read. That let's me know what's "cool" and popular with the students too!
Homework should be just enough practice to help them prepare for a test. I've seen weekly homework sheets that have writing words five times each, a couple math problems, and reading for 20 minutes.
I give about 20 minutes or so just to get students to practice what we went over or to prepare them for the next lesson. It's when I give project based homework that I've heard students spend hours.
Our school requires that our kids read at least 20 minutes each night. I try not to give much more than that. As a parent, I really appreciate when my kids do not have an excessive amount.
I teach Kindergarten and give my students a packet every Monday to be turned in on Fridays. Some parents will have their child do 1 or 2 pages a night; others will finish it in one sitting.
On a typical Monday-Thursday night I would assign the following:
-30 minutes of reading (student choice, recorded on a reading log and initialed by parents daily)
-a spelling assignment- a preparation activity for the weekly spelling test
-math assignment - OPTIONAL (most nights the only math homework the students would have would be the classwork assignment they had if they were unable to complete the classwork in class)
Each night, I assign the folloing:
R.I.S.E (reading anything for twenty minutes)
Practice flashcards
For most of the year, I then assigned one math assignment or language arts assignment.
Including the reading, homework should have taken somewhere between 30 minutes to an hour.