Homework

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Homework will be assigned on Mondays. Students will turn in their homework on Friday mornings.

At school, students will plan their assignments on Monday. On Monday afternoon, you might want to look through your child's week and discuss their plan.

We will work in school to help students think realistically about their days and times.
We will ponder things like:

  • Should all the homework be done on Thursday? 
  • What if we did all our homework on Monday? 
  • Could some days have more assignments than others? 

Homework is independent practice.

Homework should take about this long each night:

4th grade homework
40 min + 30 min of reading

5th grade homework
50 min + 30 min of reading

Please send all 3 of us an email when homework is too challenging. Homework may be too much of a challenge when it takes your child longer than 40 or 50 minutes to complete.

Homework is independent practice. If your child starts consistently asking for help completing assignments, please email all three of us.



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