Homework

Reading to or with your child (and discussing what you have read) for at least 10-15 minutes a day should be a part of your regular routine. Our Book Buddy Bags are one great way to meet this goal. A home library is just as important as a classroom library, and loving books is contagious. Your enthusiasm for literature will breed a similar enthusiasm in your child.

 Our math program has a homework component which enables you to participate in math learning with your child. Its purpose is to review and apply concepts taught in the classroom. When homework is sent home, please see that it is completed and returned to school the next day.

 As the school year progresses, the children will be asked to complete specific projects or activities at home.

Each child will be receiving a Book Buddy Bag with his/her name on it in the next few weeks. It is your child’s responsibility to carry the book buddy to and from school in this bag each day, and to practice reading the book at home. The students will learn that they may not take another book home until they have returned the previous book and Book Buddy Bag to school. I have not read every book that your child may bring home, so please do not feel that your child should always be able to read the complete text. This is another way to encourage reading at home; one that I hope will be enjoyable for you and your child. In the beginning, the Book Buddies will most likely be very easy so that each child will feel successful, but they will become more difficult as time progresses and I establish each child’s reading level.