Homework from Day One
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Anonymous
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Are other parents annoyed by their 1st grader coming home with homework from day one?
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Anonymous
| yup. I'd pull them out immediately. |
Anonymous
Straight to homeschooling. |
Anonymous
| I mean if they can't make it through 1 day whats the point of trying to do school. Yup pull them out.... |
Anonymous
| We had it in K on the first week, although not the first day. I am annoyed by any homework they give in the younger grades. Studies show it has no benefit and I think the kids spend enough time on structured work. They should be allowed to learn through play when school is not in session. |
Anonymous
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Unless the homework was something like, "ask your parents to bring in the school supplies they brought for you" or "write your name on your pencil box," I think homework on the first day is dumb and could even be a sign of a bigger problem with the teacher. S/he should know that first day of keeping everything together in class can be stressful and tasking on a first grader, so anyone expecting THAT PLUS HEY WHY NOT DO SOME MATH EQUATIONS from the kid on that first day may not really have an accurate grip on what a kid that age can reasonably be expected to handle.
Unless s/he's just asking you to do the normal 15-30 minutes of reading per night with the kid, which is basically a year round assignment and not something I really think of as "homework" per se. |
Anonymous
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OP here. When will I ever learn with this group? Sigh.
Perhaps a better question would be how many parents here have kids who go to 1st grade with homework from day one? I wonder if this a widely used practice or if our EOTP DCPS is an outlier. |
Anonymous
| Day 1 in second grade at Yu Ying! I don't like it but not going to pull out because of it. Didn't start for a month in K and 1st. |
Anonymous
Bethesda public here. Reading starts week two, homework week three. |
Anonymous
| OP what was the homework? I think its ridiculous |
Anonymous
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It's fine.
--Parent of first-grader |
Anonymous
Same for third grade. It is ridiculous and I went to third grade in an Asian country known for their rigor and even they did not do this. |
Anonymous
10-12 page worksheet packet, with a reminder to read every night. |
Anonymous
Was the packet to be completed that night or by the end of the week? If it's the latter, I don't think this is egregious. |
Anonymous
NP with a K student who gets a packet every Tuesday. It's due on the following Tuesday. |