Homework

(General Information)

Homework

The Chesapeake School Board considers homework to be an important component in the learning process.  It is a natural link between the home and the school.  Appropriately planned homework assignments extend the time in which formal learning can take place.  Correctly monitored, homework helps children learn how to work independently and how to be accountable.  Parents should provide an established routine for completing homework and then check that it is done correctly.  Homework must take precedence over sports, trips to the mall, or television.
    In making homework assignments, Hickory Elementary teachers adhere to the following guidelines:

  • Students will have homework.

  • Homework assignments will be evaluated and returned as soon as possible to stu­dents. Non-written homework assignments may be assessed by students= participation in class discussions.

  • Evaluation of homework by the teacher does not necessarily require the "grading" of each assignment.  The teacher may use check marks, stickers, or written comments as examples of how to evaluate homework.

  • Homework should be reasonable in length.  On some nights there will be more homework than at other times.  School Board guide­lines are as follows:

  •     Primary grades (K-2) --approximately 20 to 45 minutes per night

  •     Intermediate grades (3-5) -- approximately 30 to 60 minutes per night

  • In each intermediate classroom, homework assignments will be clearly displayed in a specific location.  Students will know where to look in the classroom in order to copy down the days homework assignments.  At the primary levels, teachers may place home­work in an assigned location or may send home a homework bulletin.

  • Students will be encouraged to have a home­work notebook in which daily homework assignments are written.  Parents can quickly go to that notebook to check if the night=s assignments have been completed.

  • Homework will not be used as a disciplinary action.

  • A failing grade will be given to each piece of homework that is not attempted.