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Homework Policy


Grade 1
Homework:
  • Homework is given on Tuesday and Thursday
  • Assignments may include: (language arts, math and / or science)
  • 15 to 20 minutes total
    Notes:
  • Book reports (between 4 and 9) throughout the year
  • Five or more animal reports that correspond with the Blue Book throughout the year
  • Occasional music or library homework
  • Science fair project (group project)
    • Grade 2
    Homework:
  • Tuesday and Thursday - classroom teachers
  • Monday and Wednesday - French homework
  • 1 or 2 subjects
  • 20 - 30 minutes total
    Notes:
  • Book reports - 2 per trimester (6 total) Craft book report one month and written book report the next month
  • Science Fair project (group project)
    • Grade 3
    Homework:
  • Monday - Thursday
  • 35 minutes to 50 minutes total
  • History, science, and social studies - assigned weekly
  • French Homework - may be given Monday, Tuesday and/or Thursday
  • Friday Homework - correction only (to be returned on Monday)
  • Friday Folder must be returned every Monday
    Notes:
  • Book reports:
    Monthly
    Begin in November
    Written in class
  • Weekly tellbacks and vocabulary assignments
    Begin in January
  • Science Fair Project (group project)
    March
  • French Projects
    French Week
    Mardi Gras
  • Parents need to always sign and return all corrected tests the day after they come home
  • All corrections are part of homework
  • Extra credit given if earned by child
    • Grade 4
    Homework:
  • Monday - Thursday
  • 50 - 60 minutes total
  • Assignment may be short-term (due the next day) or long-term (due in 3-4 weeks)
  • French - May be Monday, Tuesday, and/or Thursday (15 -20 minutes of the 50 - 60 minutes)
  • Will include math, spelling, language arts, science, social studies, French, and reading (occasionally art, music, and library studies)
    Notes:
  • Literature
    Monthly book reports
    Vocabulary study
  • Social Studies
    Build a teepee or Conestoga wagon - November Mission Report - April Gold Rush project - May / June
  • French
    project for French Week and Mardi Gras collage
  • Science
    one project per semester
    • Grade 5
    Homework:
  • Monday - Thursday
  • 1 hour to 1hour 15 minutes total
  • Including French Homework - French homework Monday & Thursday or Tuesday & Friday depending on homeroom
    Notes:
    Reports
  • History - November
  • Solar system - February
  • State Report - April rough draft, final draft due 1st week in May
  • Family tree - last week in May
    French
  • French week projects
  • Allons-y Magazine
  • Occasional weekly projects
    • Grade 6
    Homework:
  • Monday - Thursday
  • Approximately 1 ½ hours total
  • Homework may include studying for tests and working on long-term projects
  • French homework either Monday & Thursday or Tuesday & Friday depending on homeroom
    Notes:
  • Book reports
    One written per trimester (which will be graded)
  • Additional reading is assigned
  • Major project
    Country report
  • French week project
    Listen to tape for oral test in French
    • Grade 7
    Homework:
  • Monday - Thursday
  • 2 - 2 ½ hours total (15-20 minutes per period plus departmentalization classes)
  • Homework may be more study time than written work
  • Test will be posted in advance
    Notes:
    7th Grade Literature
    Approximately 4 book reports
    Projects may include:
    Treasure Island - sock puppet show
    Aeneid - 3-D structure
    Coliseum
    Trojan horse
    Battle scene
    Last of the Mohicans - Build a fort in class, Video
    Language Arts
    Term paper in conjunction with history topics
    Science
    Science fair project
    Egg drop
    Mouse trap race car
    History
    What if? (Paper)
    Constitution Simulation
    Bio (Paper)
    Music
    Periodic listening log
    Periodic report - 2 pages (4 per year)(to include Puritan Instrument)
    1 poster project
    Holiday performance
    Music/Computer advertisement project
    French
    Listening to tape for oral test
    French Week project
    French Week report
    Letter writing
    • Grade 8
    Homework:
  • Monday - Thursday
  • 2 - 2 ½ hours total(15-20 minutes per period plus departmentalization classes)
  • Homework may be more study time than written work
  • Test will be posted in advance
    Notes:
    8th Grade Literature
    6 book reports (Jan - June)
    Huckleberry Finn - raft project
    Julius Caesar - Globe Theater
    King Arthur - shield
    Language Arts
    Essays from Composition Forms requiring research and trips to the library
    Science
    Science fair project
    Egg drop
    Mouse trap race car
    History
    Monopoly
    WW II simulation
    Event paper
    What If? (paper)
    Music
    Periodic listening logs - approximately 8
    Periodic report - 2 pages (6 per year)
    Group project (minstrel show)
    Holiday performance
    Special project - M.I.O.S.M. (Music In Our Schools Month)
    French
    Listening to tape for oral test
    French Week project
    French Week report
    Letter writing
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