Classroom Assignments

Weekly Schedule to come

OAK HILLS PHILOSOPHY

The purpose of homework at Oak Hills is to enrich each child’s learning experience by providing an appropriate quantity and quality of homework for each child at each grade level. Homework is meant to be a positive learning experience for each child with the intention of reinforcing the concepts taught in the classroom as well as teaching responsibility and the importance of completing tasks.

One of the most important aspects of a primary education is developing good reading skills. For this reason, each child is expected to read to or be read to for a minimum of thirty minutes each day. This time is intended to be an enjoyable part of the child’s (and hopefully family’s) day.

The purpose of projects is for the child to have the opportunity to exemplify their knowledge of a given substantive area or concept in a variety of medium and modes. Age and grade level appropriate projects may be assigned at each grade level with the expectation that students have the knowledge and are capable of completing it on their own.

In addition to the homework described above the student may need to complete other types of work at home. This may arise if the child has unfinished class work or if the child has make-up work.

Mrs. Lieberman's Philosophy

I want to instill a love of learning to all my students. I want them to walk out of my class at the end of the year with a positive experience, a love of reading and trying new things. My goal is to have every child love reading and do it because they want to, not because they have to.

As far as homework goes, I stand by the district policy. Parents must remember that this is Second grade. It is a time for learning, exploring and trying new things. Homework should reinforce the learning in the classroom.

Kids should be reading. This can be as simple as reading a recipe, as you cook dinner together, to your child reading a novel, snuggled in their bed. Also, make this a time where you can sit down with your child and build the love of books, get lost in a story, or just enjoy all the accomplishments your little one has made so far in their development (they only started reading two years ago!!). Ask them critical thinking questions about the characters, author, and the way the book might connect to their life. Then celebrate your child's abilities and thank them for sharing that time with you. Please do not get stuck on your child's reading level. They are not a level. This is not a competition. All students are working on skills that are developmentally appropriate for them.

"I believe kids oughta stay kids as long as they can, Turn off the screen, go climb a tree, get dirt on their hands" Luke Bryan

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