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How long should my child take on homework.
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What should I do if my child spends more than an hour on
homework?
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What should my child be reading for home reading?
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Should I teach my child the traditional method of
multiplication and division?
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How long should
my child take on homework.
A fourth-grader should be spending 40 minutes on homework each night. This
does not count the half hour of home reading. Sometimes your child may need
a little more time. On Thursday, there might be a little more homework since
it is early release.
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What should I do if my child spends more than an hour on
homework?
If your child has been working for a solid hour, write a note to me in
his/her student planner. Describe what your child was having trouble with.
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What
should my child be reading for home reading?
Pretty much anything. Home reading may be any kid of book, magazine,
newspaper, etc. Whatever it is, your child will be responsible for writing
about it the next day in their home reading journals. Your child may take
notes to help with his/her response. I also recommend, if possible, that the
child share what he/she is reading with you. Reading aloud together is
another great way to share and to practice thinking about reading.
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Should I teach my child the traditional method of
multiplication and division?
Actually, I would prefer that parents wait to teach them the traditional
method until we are at that point. When we teach students to do both
multiplication and division, like 23 x 35, we want them first to understand
what is actually happening to all of those numbers and what those numbers
represent. We start at a very simple and basic level of solving problems.
From that point we do expanded multiplication and division, pulling out
numbers so that they can see their meaning. From there we try to teach them
the traditional methods of carrying and dropping numbers. Not every child
masters this by the end of fourth grade. Therefore, if they are able to
solve the problem using a different method, we would prefer them to continue
with that success until they are ready to move forward. Note: When we begin
multiplication and division of multi-digit numbers, there will be examples
of the method we are learning at that time. Thank you for your understanding.
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