Anonymous
09/09/2023 11:35
Subject: Re:APS BTS Night - Shocked
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A 2nd grader doesn't need homework. Limit their electronics, let them run around outside with friends, and make sure they read, read, read.
Exactly! They’re already at school for a full day. Why do you need your 7-year old to have homework?
It’s to reinforce the day lesson, and demonstrate competence and understanding independence of the classroom.
It also builds executive function to track, plan, and turn in homework, projects etc. if everything is just pop and do what is told in class, there is no independence required.
This does not need to be done in 2nd grade. These skills can be started in 4th and still be successful. The difference between 2nd and 4th grade is HUGE. The leap in 3rd from "little kid" to "big kid" is insane. Don't rush it.
I think that is kid dependent — ours would have benefited from an earlier start.
You can do all of this at home, without homework. Build in structure, routine and organization to your life early on. Put in place as much as needed. Start with chores. I have one teen who always does hw but can’t seem to do any laundry or find any clothes. That’s my parenting fail.
Doing it independently of the parents is part of the goal. Hence coming from the parents is counterproductive.
Anonymous
09/09/2023 08:42
Subject: Re:APS BTS Night - Shocked
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A 2nd grader doesn't need homework. Limit their electronics, let them run around outside with friends, and make sure they read, read, read.
Exactly! They’re already at school for a full day. Why do you need your 7-year old to have homework?
It’s to reinforce the day lesson, and demonstrate competence and understanding independence of the classroom.
It also builds executive function to track, plan, and turn in homework, projects etc. if everything is just pop and do what is told in class, there is no independence required.
This does not need to be done in 2nd grade. These skills can be started in 4th and still be successful. The difference between 2nd and 4th grade is HUGE. The leap in 3rd from "little kid" to "big kid" is insane. Don't rush it.
I think that is kid dependent — ours would have benefited from an earlier start.
You can do all of this at home, without homework. Build in structure, routine and organization to your life early on. Put in place as much as needed. Start with chores. I have one teen who always does hw but can’t seem to do any laundry or find any clothes. That’s my parenting fail.
Anonymous
09/09/2023 08:01
Subject: APS BTS Night - Shocked
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What grade is your child in OP?
First kid in APS. Going into 2nd.
Glad to hear homework will start in 3rd, thank you!
Why do you want your kid to have homework? That is super weird and out of step with educational best practices.
+1. I do not understand why parents want homework, or think something is deficient if they don't have it. It honestly makes things super stressful by older elementary when the kids have various after-school sports or activities, and you have to also find time to fit in homework and make sure they go to bed on time.
It's to get them ready for HW in middle school. Quite a shock for those who never had it.
There is no homework in MS in APS.
is this true now in ALL APS middle schools? if there's no HW in any APS middle schools then it's a very recent change. mine are in high school now and they had a lot of homework in middle school, including 6th
My kid went to Gunston. Officially there was no homework… sort of. But he often had math homework; kids were told to finish what they didn’t finish in class at home; they had to complete study guides that didn’t count for a grade, but you couldn’t take the test if you didn’t turn it in; fairly involved projects; studying for tests. So yes, in reality, he had homework.
The idea of preparing little kids for big kid stuff by making them do it when they’re still young is so dumb. Even if a kid did no homework in ES, they will figure out how to do it in MS/HS. Really. There is nothing uniquely special or sacred about homework for the sake of homework, and there are many more valuable things young kids can do with their time.
Anonymous
09/09/2023 06:09
Subject: APS BTS Night - Shocked
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What grade is your child in OP?
First kid in APS. Going into 2nd.
Glad to hear homework will start in 3rd, thank you!
Why do you want your kid to have homework? That is super weird and out of step with educational best practices.
+1. I do not understand why parents want homework, or think something is deficient if they don't have it. It honestly makes things super stressful by older elementary when the kids have various after-school sports or activities, and you have to also find time to fit in homework and make sure they go to bed on time.
It's to get them ready for HW in middle school. Quite a shock for those who never had it.
There is no homework in MS in APS.
is this true now in ALL APS middle schools? if there's no HW in any APS middle schools then it's a very recent change. mine are in high school now and they had a lot of homework in middle school, including 6th
DHMS has homework. PP probably doesn’t even have kids in APS.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 23:31
Subject: APS BTS Night - Shocked
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What grade is your child in OP?
First kid in APS. Going into 2nd.
Glad to hear homework will start in 3rd, thank you!
Why do you want your kid to have homework? That is super weird and out of step with educational best practices.
+1. I do not understand why parents want homework, or think something is deficient if they don't have it. It honestly makes things super stressful by older elementary when the kids have various after-school sports or activities, and you have to also find time to fit in homework and make sure they go to bed on time.
It's to get them ready for HW in middle school. Quite a shock for those who never had it.
What a joke. My kid's es was crazy about homework and making it stressful for them. The homework was useless. Op make up your own homework. It takes 1 minute to print off a work sheet from online. Your kid is not going to get ahead of other kids with more homework.
It's not just the content of the homework. It's building the habits and the executive functioning skills. Not every kid has an easy time learning to record the assignment, bring the sheet home, complete the work, bring it back, turn it in. If it's easy for your kid, great, but others really can't just get thrown into this in middle school.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 23:29
Subject: APS BTS Night - Shocked
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What grade is your child in OP?
First kid in APS. Going into 2nd.
Glad to hear homework will start in 3rd, thank you!
Why do you want your kid to have homework? That is super weird and out of step with educational best practices.
+1. I do not understand why parents want homework, or think something is deficient if they don't have it. It honestly makes things super stressful by older elementary when the kids have various after-school sports or activities, and you have to also find time to fit in homework and make sure they go to bed on time.
It's to get them ready for HW in middle school. Quite a shock for those who never had it.
There is no homework in MS in APS.
is this true now in ALL APS middle schools? if there's no HW in any APS middle schools then it's a very recent change. mine are in high school now and they had a lot of homework in middle school, including 6th
Anonymous
09/08/2023 21:03
Subject: APS BTS Night - Shocked
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What grade is your child in OP?
First kid in APS. Going into 2nd.
Glad to hear homework will start in 3rd, thank you!
Why do you want your kid to have homework? That is super weird and out of step with educational best practices.
+1. I do not understand why parents want homework, or think something is deficient if they don't have it. It honestly makes things super stressful by older elementary when the kids have various after-school sports or activities, and you have to also find time to fit in homework and make sure they go to bed on time.
It's to get them ready for HW in middle school. Quite a shock for those who never had it.
There is no homework in MS in APS.
Yes, there is.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 20:58
Subject: APS BTS Night - Shocked
There is essentially no homework in APS middle school. Seriously. Nothing to prepare for in elementary!
Anonymous
09/08/2023 16:43
Subject: APS BTS Night - Shocked
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What grade is your child in OP?
First kid in APS. Going into 2nd.
Glad to hear homework will start in 3rd, thank you!
Why do you want your kid to have homework? That is super weird and out of step with educational best practices.
+1. I do not understand why parents want homework, or think something is deficient if they don't have it. It honestly makes things super stressful by older elementary when the kids have various after-school sports or activities, and you have to also find time to fit in homework and make sure they go to bed on time.
It's to get them ready for HW in middle school. Quite a shock for those who never had it.
What a joke. My kid's es was crazy about homework and making it stressful for them. The homework was useless. Op make up your own homework. It takes 1 minute to print off a work sheet from online. Your kid is not going to get ahead of other kids with more homework.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 16:27
Subject: APS BTS Night - Shocked
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What grade is your child in OP?
First kid in APS. Going into 2nd.
Glad to hear homework will start in 3rd, thank you!
Why do you want your kid to have homework? That is super weird and out of step with educational best practices.
+1. I do not understand why parents want homework, or think something is deficient if they don't have it. It honestly makes things super stressful by older elementary when the kids have various after-school sports or activities, and you have to also find time to fit in homework and make sure they go to bed on time.
It's to get them ready for HW in middle school. Quite a shock for those who never had it.
Saddling 7 year old with homework to prepare them to be 12 year olds is a pretty weak idea. I feel certain that some tasks could easily be assigned in 5th grade to get them used to managing some work that needs to be done outside of school. But arguing that if HW doesn't start in 2nd grade, so your poor little Johnny won't know how to manage his 7th grade schedule is preposterous.
Kids will get used to HW in middle school because THAT'S when it's appropriate for them to have some extra work to do. And they will learn to manage it as they go. Which is the point of school (age appropriate learning at age appropriate times).
Also, I will never forget my 5th grade teacher telling me I HAD to improve my cursive writing because "everything in middle school" would be done in cursive script. LIES. I have not needed cursive since the 5th grade, beyond being able to read it and sign my name.
Take a breath. I didn't say 2nd graders need homework. But some ramping up is appropriate in upper elementary before they hit middle school.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 15:47
Subject: APS BTS Night - Shocked
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What grade is your child in OP?
First kid in APS. Going into 2nd.
Glad to hear homework will start in 3rd, thank you!
Why do you want your kid to have homework? That is super weird and out of step with educational best practices.
+1. I do not understand why parents want homework, or think something is deficient if they don't have it. It honestly makes things super stressful by older elementary when the kids have various after-school sports or activities, and you have to also find time to fit in homework and make sure they go to bed on time.
It's to get them ready for HW in middle school. Quite a shock for those who never had it.
Saddling 7 year old with homework to prepare them to be 12 year olds is a pretty weak idea. I feel certain that some tasks could easily be assigned in 5th grade to get them used to managing some work that needs to be done outside of school. But arguing that if HW doesn't start in 2nd grade, so your poor little Johnny won't know how to manage his 7th grade schedule is preposterous.
Kids will get used to HW in middle school because THAT'S when it's appropriate for them to have some extra work to do. And they will learn to manage it as they go. Which is the point of school (age appropriate learning at age appropriate times).
Also, I will never forget my 5th grade teacher telling me I HAD to improve my cursive writing because "everything in middle school" would be done in cursive script. LIES. I have not needed cursive since the 5th grade, beyond being able to read it and sign my name.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 15:40
Subject: APS BTS Night - Shocked
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What grade is your child in OP?
First kid in APS. Going into 2nd.
Glad to hear homework will start in 3rd, thank you!
Why do you want your kid to have homework? That is super weird and out of step with educational best practices.
+1. I do not understand why parents want homework, or think something is deficient if they don't have it. It honestly makes things super stressful by older elementary when the kids have various after-school sports or activities, and you have to also find time to fit in homework and make sure they go to bed on time.
It's to get them ready for HW in middle school. Quite a shock for those who never had it.
There is no homework in MS in APS.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 15:03
Subject: APS BTS Night - Shocked
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What grade is your child in OP?
First kid in APS. Going into 2nd.
Glad to hear homework will start in 3rd, thank you!
Why do you want your kid to have homework? That is super weird and out of step with educational best practices.
All those “does homework help” studies are about closing achievement gaps and helping bring kids to standards. And it doesn’t help them because they don’t have support at home and often have other obligations. The equity issue is real.
But for high achieving students, independent practice of learned skills, synthesis of learned knowledge with their own interpreted efforts, and executive exercise and accountability all boosts high performing students as well. So homework is more valuable for those kids who are already high achieving. So if you want to a have a rigorous college ready child, homework is part of that.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 13:58
Subject: APS BTS Night - Shocked
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What grade is your child in OP?
First kid in APS. Going into 2nd.
Glad to hear homework will start in 3rd, thank you!
Why do you want your kid to have homework? That is super weird and out of step with educational best practices.
+1. I do not understand why parents want homework, or think something is deficient if they don't have it. It honestly makes things super stressful by older elementary when the kids have various after-school sports or activities, and you have to also find time to fit in homework and make sure they go to bed on time.
It's to get them ready for HW in middle school. Quite a shock for those who never had it.
Anonymous
09/08/2023 13:57
Subject: APS BTS Night - Shocked
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What grade is your child in OP?
First kid in APS. Going into 2nd.
Glad to hear homework will start in 3rd, thank you!
Why do you want your kid to have homework? That is super weird and out of step with educational best practices.
+1. I do not understand why parents want homework, or think something is deficient if they don't have it. It honestly makes things super stressful by older elementary when the kids have various after-school sports or activities, and you have to also find time to fit in homework and make sure they go to bed on time.