Should their lack of opportunities for enrichment mean that I should give
them homework over the break?
Not exact matches
Over the past two years we have allowed our middle school student to choose when to do his
homework and when to take
breaks.
Break homework into chunks: If looking at a whole page of math makes kids feel overwhelmed and anxious — think of the potential for mistakes — the problems can be
broken up
over four pages.
These include
homework - free weekends like the one coming up
over Thanksgiving
break, encouraging teachers to economize on assignments by, for instance, assigning fewer practice problems in math (10 can serve just as well as 25), and creating a centralized
homework calendar that will allow teachers to coordinate big assignments, so that kids don't end up with a lot of tests or projects due on the same day.
Several hundred students in the Lancaster Independent School District in Texas learned a tough lesson this month, when they were suspended for failing to complete assigned
homework over the winter
break.
He also asked teachers to let «vacations be vacations» and not assign a lot of
homework or major projects
over school
breaks.
I need to
break it up myself — a bit in morning (with the coffee) and a bit at night (with the tea)... Doesn't seem like
homework that way — just checking in with «friends»
over coffee or tea