Homework PolicyHomework Policy

All assigned work is to be turned in when due.   The only exception to this would be an excused absence from school or a family emergency that prevented the student from completing the assigned work.

If a student is absent from school, it is her/his responsibility to get the assignments from the absentee folder in the front of the room.  The student will then receive a reasonable amount of time to complete them.

Students who fail to turn in work on time due to laziness or an unexcused absence will receive a zero.  However, they always have the opportunity to complete the assignment for partial credit.  (I take one letter grade off.)  After all, partial credit is better than a zero in the grade book when calculating a grade point average.  Grades are figured by the following percentages:

30% classwork/homework

20% Accelerated Reading

 50% assessments (tests, quizzes, projects, book reports, essays)

Your child’s overall grade will never be a mystery.  They will always know what missing assignments they have and what their current grade is.  Here is how this works.  Using students’ ID numbers, every Monday I post a grade sheet in the back of the room.  It shows all assignments (complete & missing), grades received on those assignments, and the student’s overall current grade.  Your child has until Friday of that week to get in any missing assignments posted on the grade sheet.  If they are not in by Friday (or the last day of that week) they will receive a permanent 0 for those assignments.  Encourage your child to check this every day.

If your child is ever confused or unsure about work we are doing in class, please encourage him/her to ask questions and/or set-up a time when we can review together.  I am always willing to help.  As a general rule, I usually stay after school on Tuesdays with the sole purpose of helping students.

Most of the work for reading and language arts is done in class. Homework is kept down to a minimum.  However, for reading your child is expected to read books as part of the Accelerated Reading program in which our school is involved.  (The students will become quite familiar with the program.)  These books are to be read on their own time, so in a sense, they will always have homework, TO READ!  Also, every day they are required to bring home a yellow “Relax and Read” sheet for you to sign that monitors their reading progress.

All assigned work is to be turned in when due.   The only exception to this would be an excused absence from school or a family emergency that prevented the student from completing the assigned work.

If a student is absent from school, it is her/his responsibility to get the assignments from the absentee folder in the front of the room.  The student will then receive a reasonable amount of time to complete them.

Students who fail to turn in work on time due to laziness or an unexcused absence will receive a zero.  However, they always have the opportunity to complete the assignment for partial credit.  (I take one letter grade off.)  After all, partial credit is better than a zero in the grade book when calculating a grade point average.  Grades are figured by the following percentages:

30% classwork/homework

20% Accelerated Reading

 50% assessments (tests, quizzes, projects, book reports, essays)

Your child’s overall grade will never be a mystery.  They will always know what missing assignments they have and what their current grade is.  Here is how this works.  Using students’ ID numbers, every Monday I post a grade sheet in the back of the room.  It shows all assignments (complete & missing), grades received on those assignments, and the student’s overall current grade.  Your child has until Friday of that week to get in any missing assignments posted on the grade sheet.  If they are not in by Friday (or the last day of that week) they will receive a permanent 0 for those assignments.  Encourage your child to check this every day.

If your child is ever confused or unsure about work we are doing in class, please encourage him/her to ask questions and/or set-up a time when we can review together.  I am always willing to help.  As a general rule, I usually stay after school on Tuesdays with the sole purpose of helping students.

Most of the work for reading and language arts is done in class. Homework is kept down to a minimum.  However, for reading your child is expected to read books as part of the Accelerated Reading program in which our school is involved.  (The students will become quite familiar with the program.)  These books are to be read on their own time, so in a sense, they will always have homework, TO READ!  Also, every day they are required to bring home a yellow “Relax and Read” sheet for you to sign that monitors their reading progress.

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