I agree with everyone that elementary homework should be short and sweet or non-existent.
DS is in pre-K this year and gets 2 tings a week: 1 is to bring an item that starts with the letter of the week, which is quick, fun, and easy. The other is a letter worksheet for the letter of the week. It consists of writing the letter about 5 times, the end. It is optional. Preschool homework at all seems crazy, but the find-an-object thing is fun for DS, and I would be sitting down and writing with him anyway, so I guess I don't care. OTOH he loves writing, and if I had a kid who hated it, I wouldn't force it.
About memorizing multiplication tables, well, yes they do need to memorize them. The idea that it needs to happen at home and not in the classroom is exactly what the French are getting at- if you expect this core competency to be learned at home you are short-changing all the kids with crap parents.
Also, COPZ GBCN'ed? How did I miss this, and why? Sadness.
Great! Your kid can do the homework without frustration. Also, the worksheet will get tossed when it gets turned in. Wasteful! And can't you have him write letters without the teacher sending stuff home?
This response seems unduly aggressive. I'm confused.
I missed this early. I just wanted to say that I was adamant that DS2 not be given extra work to do at home to make up for his time outside of the classroom as part of his IEP.
her teacher isn't insisting that she do the work at home. it gets sent home with a "try at home" note. we just don't want her to not learn what they're doing in glass because she's learning in the reading program, KWIM?
I do, but I think that we have the luxury of semi-picking and choosing what he learns. For my boys it is better to take them out of math class for speech than say reading or science (they love the hands on experiments), whereas math they usually spend a week on a concept when my kids can pick it up (at least at this level) in 1-2 days.