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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hear from other parents that their 3rd graders have homework regularly.  My daughter never has homework.  It seem entirely tied to whether the student can get their work done in class.[/quote]

drives me nuts that class/instruction time is spent on homework. between that and dreambox/lexia, how much actual instruction happens during a typical day? SMH[/quote]It's the reverse.  Classwork that isn't completed becomes homework.  It a student is distracted and doesn't work efficiently or works more slowly will need to finish at home.  Do you really disagree with students doing math problems or writing at school?  [/quote]

Nice try. Class work should be simply exercise to help identify a skill or technique. If it is too hard for them to finish in class, most likely they need different tracts of classes to differentiate. Homework should be about reinforcing techniques and working small variations from the example to build mastery. Same with writing assignments. [/quote]Kids need to practice skills.  It's not enough for them to do a couple of problems to "identify a skill or technique."  While most the class practice what they were just taught, the teacher will help those who need help in individual instruction.  Something like 5-30% of the class may not finish because they either work slower or don't work well in a busy class environment, depending on the difficulty of the material and the day.  So those kids take some work home.  The 10-20% of the class who finish early have extension activities to do more advanced work.  What exactly is the problem?  In high school you can do more direct instruction and then practice as homework, but this is third grade.  Kids can't listen to an hour lesson and practice as homework.  That's not age appropriate.[/quote]

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