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mommyof4boys
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How much homework does your kindergartener have?
mommyof4boys
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My boys are getting a packet once a week to complete of literacy and something once a week for math. They have also been getting handwriting every night as well as math worksheets and literacy worksheets every night. They have 2-3 things to complete every night. When I taught I did the rule of 10 minutes per grade so I was a bit thrown off by this much every night. Is this the norm?
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Re: How much homework does your kindergartener have?
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Cam gets homework on Wed night and it's due on Thursday.
This week was the first week and it was simply a handwriting sheet where she had to trace her name and last initial and then write her name and last initial (two more times).
A packet of 6-8worksheets is sent home at the beginning of the month. It's optional if the child completes/returns. It's not mandatory.
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Emmeline Grace 03.27.13
In kinder, mine got about 4 stapled pieces of paper (front & back) every Friday that needed completion by the following Thursday. A lot of it was writing/ tracing, and some math. I thought it was kind of a lot- we had other stuff that came home as well to do. I think a lot of it had to do w/the fact that her kinder teacher was finishing up her masters & her thesis was on something to do w/parental involvement in homework.
In her 1st grade class so far, her only homework is to 'ENJOY 20 minutes of reading every night!" (per her teacher) She picks a book from school that she reads. I am also starting the Harry Potter series with her, so we read some of that too. I like this homework much better
This week they had a worksheet every night to practice writing their name. They had a math project to measure the amount of water in different containers and write which had the most and which had the least. The boys also had to practice their phone number on a worksheet where they were to write down the numbers in their phone number and color them on what looks like a phone. Next, they had to complete 2 "all about me" pages, one for each teacher. One was about them. I asked them questions, they had to write their name and draw their family. Talk about fun with an autistic kid...They had to draw a picture of a kid in their class for the other teacher.
Last week they had to practice writing the letters "t/d/f/b" as well as their names, complete a connect the dots 1-20, one 1-10, and draw something that has numbers on it as well as practice their names every night.
That sounds excessive. DD gets a homework folder on Monday, turn in Friday. She usually gets it done in 2 nights. So if we'd space it out to 4 nights (Mon-Thurs), I guess it'd be no more than 5 min a night, max. I like that amount because it's just enough so that I know what's going on in the classroom, and it helps her open up about her day.
That homework sounds like the work they should be doing in the classroom.
Christmas 2011
Yours sounds like a lot.
We get a packet of about 4-6 sheets for printing practice (get it on Monday and turn it in on Friday), a list of sight words for reading practice (each kid learns at their own pace and brings the list in to get tested on it when they are comfortable) and we have to read 15 minutes each night. He also gets a monthly art assignment that he is supposed to do with a parent each month based on a theme. Last month it was back to school. This month it is halloween.
dd gets a calendar each month... it has an activity listed each Mon-Fri and we check off what we do (don't turn in anything). the teacher asks that we do at least 3 homework assignments per week. it's stuff like writing your name 3 times, or finding your bday on a calendar, or writing numbers 1-5 twice. and then they send home math packets once a week that is just to reinforce what they've learned (don't turn back in)... they ask that we read nightly and the class gets to check out library books from the school library weekly.
in prek , dd got more worksheet stuff... but it's still the start of the year . who knows what she'll be getting soon?
Usually something that takes 2-3 minutes one night/week, plus reading. The reading is supposed to be sent home daily, but he only gets it one day/week. The reading is easy for him right now and they haven't done evaluations to place for reading groups yet.
We do our own work every night for however long he wants to (an hour or so plus an hour of books usually). He only has half day K so it's easy to find the time to fit the extras in at home.