Homework...Yay!

Term 3 is shaping up to be an exciting and challenging one, full of interesting learning experiences. One important aspect of these experiences is homework!Please discuss a Homework Plan or Timetable with your parents.
 * CS19 Term 3 Homework Expectations

Everyday

“Family of Facts” for Multiplication & Division Each Monday a set of x/÷ facts will be sent home, glued into your Weekly Notebook.Knowing these facts is fundamental to your learning and progress. I suggest that you practice 2 “families” per day. This can be done orally or written.

Spelling Words There will be 8 spelling words to learn, recorded in your Weekly Notebook. These words should be practiced every day, either orally or written.

Your Weekly Notebook MUST be back at school on **MONDAYS.**

Parents, please help with your child’s learning by working with them and signing off their maths and spelling lists.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday Literature Circles We are doing Literature Circles in class on Mon, Wed & Fri only. For each of these days you will have ONE activity AND your reading to complete at home. Youmay choose to spread these out over two days or do it all on one day, but bothparts MUST be completed accurately.

Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday (Suggestions only!) “The 50’s Club” We will be doing “50’s Club” on Mondays. Practice the questions you got wrong or didn’t complete from your weekly level sheet as often as you can. These Basic Facts could be done orally or written. Perhaps this could be done on the days you are not doing Literature Circles? If you got all your questions correct on Monday, congratulations…you could practice the next level up ready for the next week!

As Time Allows Other Reading Material We are all consistently reading as part of Literature Circles but it is also beneficial to read other material that is separate from your group book.This will help to expand your vocabulary and increase your exposure to other types of books or stories. Please record other books that you are reading in the Reading Log in your Weekly Notebook.

Project Homework Projects are usually topic based and support and enrich our classroom learning. You are usually given 2-3 weeks to complete these.

Parents: At the bottom of each Project Homework Sheet there is a space for your comments and signature. Please make a comment about the project and/or the level of independence, effort and enthusiasm your child put in to completing it. Time pressures often affect project outcomes. As long as you are satisfied with the amount your child does we will not expect any more from them regarding the project. Feel free to email me at trobinson@westmere.school.nz

While these tasks all together appear to be quite a lot, let’s put them into context:** It takes only 2mins to write out two “Families of Facts” three times. It takes a mere 30secs to answer them once out loud. It takes approximately 1min to spell 8 words out loud to someone else. It takes 2mins 40secs to write each word out correctly 4 times. It takes only 55secs to practice ten 50’s Club times-tables with someone else You should be reading for 20mins every day (Literature Circle book or another one). Your Literature Circle group activity should take no longer than 15mins.Remember, you DON’T have to do the whole lot all in one sitting. Plan your time, skip SpongeBob for a day, practice your times-tables on the way to school, do your spelling words in the shower, race your dad…whatever! Make it fun and enjoy! ||