Planner Procedure
The planner goes home every night. It is the student's responsibility to engage his/her parents at an appropriate time to talk about the day and ask for a signature when finished explaining the day's lessons and new learning. This is a process that will likely take 5-10 minutes each day.
This is important for 3 reasons:
1. to communicate what we are doing in class
2. to work on responsibility
3. to allow the students time to review the day's learning
5th Grade Weekly Homework Reflection
Each week, homework starts on Friday and is due the following Friday. This schedule allows students time to flexibly complete the requirements as their schedule allows. That means it is ok to do 40 minutes of Khan Mappers on one night, because you are busy doing an extra-curricular activity another night. Students will complete the reflection questions on this form at the end of the week and turn in the Google Assignment. A parent/guardian must sign the planner on Thursday night indicating you completed the week’s homework. Students that don’t complete their homework will not participate in the extra recess on Friday.
Homework Expectations
Students are expected to complete the following throughout the week:
4 nights - 20 minutes of Khan Mappers at your lowest domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking; Numbers and Operations; Measurement and Data; or Geometry
4 nights - 30 minutes of reading a choice text. Be sure to find a text that is a chapter book that isn’t too easy or too hard.
On Thursday (or whatever is your last night of homework) is the night to complete the reflection questions.
Additional
Students are given class time to complete classwork. If they do not finish their classwork, it may become homework. Occasionally, additional homework will be assigned as needed.