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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:

  • 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:
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  • 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.



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  • HOME
    • Mission Statement
    • School History
  • ABOUT US
    • School Directory >
      • Contact Us
      • Who to Contact
      • Administration >
        • Mr. Zalar
        • Kapica
    • School Profile
  • ACADEMICS
    • Classrooms and Teachers
    • Technology in the Classroom
    • Gifted Program
    • Homework Policy
  • STUDENT LIFE
    • Student Gradebook
    • Prussing Dress Code
    • Student Code of Conduct
    • Sports & Activities
    • Photo Album
  • PARENTS
    • Principal's Messages
    • School Lunch Menus
    • Supply Lists 25-26
    • Right At School
    • Sexual Health Education
    • Student-Parent Handbook
    • Absence Protocol
    • Back-to-School Packets
    • 8th Grade GoCPS
    • Parent Portal
    • VOLUNTEER
    • Prussing CIWP
    • PTO & LSC
    • PAC & BAC
    • CPS Calendar
    • CPS Policies & Forms >
      • School Forms
      • CPS Immigration Guidance
  • 8th GRADE
  • ENROLLMENT