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[quote=Anonymous]We're in a DCPS, just K so far.

We get a homework packet (like 2 pages) each week and it is optional to do it. However, kids can earn rewards in class for turning it in completed.

But it's not really not onerous. The main thing is a reading log, which I was skeptical about at first but is actually really positive -- my kid is really into reading and likes listing her favorite books from the week (we don't list all) and she copies the titles from the books to the sheet herself so it's reading/writing practice as well. There are sometimes very short math worksheets but it's the kind of thing you could finish in a minute. And then there's a game that is actually kind of fun to play and my kid likes it (it's like tic tac toe but using concepts from whatever they are studying at the moment).

If you'd asked me before this year if I thought kindergarteners should get homework, I would have said a firm no, and initially I thought we'd opt out. But my kid wanted to earn the reward, and as we did it, I found it's a good way to know what's going on in class. From the homework, I get a pretty clear view of what they are working on at the moment, which is great since a kindergartener is not really reporting the curriculum back to me very well. It doesn't take much time at all and aspects of it are fun. So I've come around on it.

Some weeks we fill it out in 5 minutes before leaving for school, so we're barely talking homework here.[/quote]

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