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Homework Policy
Ernst Prussing Homework Policy
Homework is intended to be an authentic and engaging learning experience for students. Teachers guide students in the pursuit of knowledge within their Zone of Proximal Development and includes the processes experimentation, trial and error, concept mastery, successes and supported failures. The category of “Homework” within the Aspen gradebook system cannot exceed more than 10% of the final grade. Moreover, teachers may only assign material to students after it is taught to students in the class, and teachers may not assign mandatory homework over school break*. However, suggested work may be assigned to students over break or extended holiday weekend, with the understanding that it will not count towards their final grade. Below is a framework for the amount of time a teacher can assign per evening. It is approximately 10-80 minutes per grade level, depending on the assignment. Homework should be given the option to be started in school, if possible (in the younger grades).
Recommended homework times by Grade Level:
In addition, teachers can recommend daily suggested reading times of:
Teachers recommend that students and parents read together daily based on student interest. During reading time, students can pick between fiction and non-fiction books of interest. Students can practice reading their own books or listen to audio stories via YouTube, etc. Students can also practice parts of the book (e.g. title, identify the roles of authors/illustrators, identify characters and setting of the story, as well as retelling skills by identifying what happens in the beginning, middle and end of the story).
Teachers may also send home literacy and math resources to supplement the curriculum and lessons for the week. These resources are meant as extra support to help build literacy and math skills throughout the school year.
*School Breaks and extended holiday weekends include Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring Break, Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr., and President's Day weekends.
Homework is intended to be an authentic and engaging learning experience for students. Teachers guide students in the pursuit of knowledge within their Zone of Proximal Development and includes the processes experimentation, trial and error, concept mastery, successes and supported failures. The category of “Homework” within the Aspen gradebook system cannot exceed more than 10% of the final grade. Moreover, teachers may only assign material to students after it is taught to students in the class, and teachers may not assign mandatory homework over school break*. However, suggested work may be assigned to students over break or extended holiday weekend, with the understanding that it will not count towards their final grade. Below is a framework for the amount of time a teacher can assign per evening. It is approximately 10-80 minutes per grade level, depending on the assignment. Homework should be given the option to be started in school, if possible (in the younger grades).
Recommended homework times by Grade Level:
- Kindergarten through 2nd grade: 10 to 20 minutes
- 3rd through 5th grades: 30-50minutes
- 6th through 8th grades: 45 - 80 minutes
In addition, teachers can recommend daily suggested reading times of:
- K - 2: 10 - 20 minutes
- 3 - 5: 30 - 45 minutes
- 6 - 8: 45 - 60 minutes
Teachers recommend that students and parents read together daily based on student interest. During reading time, students can pick between fiction and non-fiction books of interest. Students can practice reading their own books or listen to audio stories via YouTube, etc. Students can also practice parts of the book (e.g. title, identify the roles of authors/illustrators, identify characters and setting of the story, as well as retelling skills by identifying what happens in the beginning, middle and end of the story).
Teachers may also send home literacy and math resources to supplement the curriculum and lessons for the week. These resources are meant as extra support to help build literacy and math skills throughout the school year.
*School Breaks and extended holiday weekends include Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring Break, Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr., and President's Day weekends.
