What do you do for homework?
Okay blogging buddies! As you all know I will be teaching Kindergarten for the first time in a decade this year. What you may or may not know however is that I will be working with three other teachers who will also be brand new to Kindergarten this year. One of which will be a first time teacher (EVER), one who has NEVER taught K and one who hasn't taught K in OVER a decade. So as you can imagine...we will need some guidance from some FABULOUS and experienced K teachers. Tonight I am coming to you to ask about your Homework policy. I personally have very mixed feelings about homework in general. I know about all the research out there that says homework is really quite useless, in fact it was one of the topics I researched and reported on in graduate school. However, I am transferring from a school with a very high parent participation and I would argue that homework for those students did indeed make a difference. My new school (from what I have been told) will be the complete opposite with little to no parent involvement. So as our team sits down to discuss our plans for the year I would love to know what other K teachers do or don't do for homework. If you have a post on your blog already addressing that subject let me know or if you have more to say than what will fit in the comment box please feel free to email me at rdziegler@wsfcs.k12.nc.usI also wanted to remind you all about the fabulous First Day of Kindergarten Linky Party! I know that most of you just had your first day or will have it within the next week or two so be sure to share your awesome plans:)
