Homework Policy – Grade 5
Homework is an important extension of activities begun in school by students under the guidance of their teachers and continued at home. Working together, home and school can guide students as they develop their learning capacities by making possible experiences which foster learning.
Homework provides for practice of skills and application of principles based upon work begun in the classroom. It may enrich school experiences and promote a permanent interest in learning. A secondary goal of homework is to stimulate individual initiative, personal responsibility and self-direction.
Listed below are the responsibilities of teachers, students and parents with regard to homework.
Teachers will:
- Assign homework that is meaningful and useful to individuals.
- Provide appropriate and timely response to all homework assignments.
- Monitor long-term assignments in order to avoid last minute student efforts.
- Provide a balance between long-range and short-term assignments.
- Give clear, concise directions; allow time for student questions, consider availability of materials; provide legible worksheets when used.
- Ensure that students who are absent know how they may make up homework.
Students will:
- Record the directions for homework.
- Ask questions when necessary to clarify the assignment.
- Follow a schedule and keep materials in order.
- Hand in, on time, neat, accurate and meaningful products.
- Plan time for completion of long-term assignments.
- Determine and complete homework assigned during absence.
Parents will:
- Provide a suitable place for study.
- Help students develop routine home study habits.
- Ensure that absence does not interfere with academics.
- Assist and correct, but not do the actual work and notify the teacher if students experienced extreme difficulty.
- Be aware of long-term assignments and assist students in learning to budget their time accordingly.
- Check the assignment pad if he/she observes an absence of homework.
Because the time required of individuals to complete assignments varies, homework activities must, therefore, be planned to meet each student’s individual learning profile. Though it is impossible to predict the time necessary for all students to complete assignments because of different learning rates and age levels, the following is suggested:
Monday – Reading, Math, LA, Science
Tuesday – Reading, Math, Social Studies
Wednesday – Reading, Math, Science
Thursday – Reading, Math, LA, Social Studies
