This week we are starting our "Superhero Homework". I wanted something for homework that was meaningful and important. I didn't just want my students doing "busy work" for homework. So I thought about the things that were most important for my students to be learning during the year; what I really want them to be working on at home and this is what I came up with. Each day we will roll dice to see what our homework will be for that night. Whatever the dice land on will determine their homework for that night.
1=15 minutes of reading
2=Math facts ring
3=Study spelling words
4="WOW" words ring (sight words)
5=ipad apps of the week
6=No homework
We will roll one die for the whole class to determine what the homework will be for that night. Once we have had one of the numbers that week, we will not have that homework again that week. So if we roll a five two different days that week, we will roll the die again until we get a number we haven't had. That way they are able to practice each of the things each week (except one).
Students will write the number the dice lands on in the box next to that day of the week on the paper above and keep their paper in the take home folders. Parents will initial next to the box for that night to let me know they did their homework. Students will get a "Super Student Buck" for doing their homework the next morning when I check their folders.
Spending time each night on these tasks will help them with what they need to know in First Grade and help them with what we will be learning in the classroom. I hope that it works out and the parents really like it along with the kids. I'll keep you updated on how it's going.
Have fun with your student's this week!
Nicole Berg
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