| Dear Parents,
OUR HOMEWORK SCHEDULE NEVER CHANGES IN ROOM 21. This is what it
looks like. Every Friday your child will come home with a homework packet.
It consists of the following:
• 2 math assignments
• Spelling (practice words that were incorrect on the pre-test).
Complete "rule of the week" work handout.
• Memorize a poem (on the back side of the spelling list)
• Nightly reading (write down the titles read and minutes each week).
100 minutes a week is the requirement.
• A take home Science or Social Studies Book with related activity.
A home journal also comes home each Friday with a letter for you from your
child. Please take the time to write them back each week. Return this on
Monday.
You can decide how you want to pace out homework completion with your family.
HOMEWORK IS ALWAYS DUE ON THURSDAY!
Homework
POLICY: Homework is assigned each Friday, and should take about 30 minutes
each night (per APS School District standards) to complete. All homework and
nightly reading sheets are due on Thursday.
Reading: Research says that children become better readers by reading at
their ability level, so students will also read for a minimum of 15 minutes
each night. Students have a reading calendar for the week, which they will
keep in their homework folder.
How to Make the Most of Reading Homework
To improve reading, the children have a 15 minute per night reading
assignment. Please help your child record the name of the book on the
appropriate line of their book log. Listen to your child tell you a little
about what he/she read. Ask one or two of the following questions, or make
up your own.
If the book is fiction:
Who are the main characters? Is there one you especially liked or
disliked? Why?
Where or in what time period does this story take place?
What is the problem in the story?
What is an important event in the story?
How did the problem get solved? (If the story is finished)
What was the mood of the story? Did it make you feel happy, sad, excited?
If the book is non-fiction:
What facts do you like learning about the most? Why?
What information would you like to share with someone else?
Would you like to read more books about this topic? Why?
Do you understand what the author is saying? What information is the
easiest to understand or the hardest to understand?
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