[embeddoc url=”https://mrasmith.edublogs.org/files/2016/10/c-Grade-2-Homework-Calendars-2016-17-zn840v.pdf” viewer=”google”][embeddoc url=”https://mrasmith.edublogs.org/files/2016/10/b-Grade-1-Homework-Calendars-2016-2017-24k2ss4.pdf” viewer=”google”]Kids in the primary grades need not be bogged down with lots and lots of homework. Reading together with a fluent reader is the best thing for developing reading skills in children in grades 1 and 2. Playing card games, cooking and baking together, going grocery shopping, etc., all provide great opportunities for integrating learning into everyday activities. Children also have many extracurricular activities and adding homework into the mix can add unnecessary stress on families.
I am, however, often asked by both students and parents for homework. To give both kids and parents ideas for practising skills, I am providing students with Homework Calendars, and leaving it in the hands of families to decide how to manage homework with their individual schedules. Whether you decide to do one, two, three or all of the activities each week is completely up to the family (I do recommend taking the time to do some of the homework activities, many of which can be done without pen and paper). A notebook will be provided along with the Homework Calendar. If your child would like me to check their homework, I would be happy to see some of the work they are doing at home.
As the year progresses, and we begin to work on special projects and Front Page, I may give specific assignments for kids to find things out or to bring in articles about topics that interest them.