![]() ![]() I use library book pockets and index cards for my check out system. The child cannot get any new ones until the previous one is paid for. If a book doesn’t come back, then I call or ask parents at dismissal time immediately for the book. Most of these books came from the Scholastic Book club, having acquired them in sets of seven or eight so that I could send them home for this purpose! I send home a note at the beginning of the year, asking parents to take responsibility for any lost books. I do guided reading with my class, and we check out books for them to take home. This is a sample of a RAN board that I give later in the year as part of their reading homework. You can download some RAN boards here, including a blank one, at this blog post. I think this really helps some children learn to sound out words more easily because of the continued practice, and it goes very quickly once they get good at it. I give them Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN) boards to have their children read, and change them out each month. The parents are supposed to mark the date when they have practiced sounding out words with their children. Later in the year, when we really start sounding out words, I add another chart that is similar to the Read Aloud Chart, but says “Sounding Out Words Practice Chart” at the top. Can my child have a prize anyway? He really wants one.” I just tell them that I cannot give credit for incomplete work, and I suggest that they hand the child a pencil and have him or her write it down! That almost never seems to happen, unfortunately. ![]() Sometimes, parents tell me, “We do read every night, but I just don’t write it down. I let the children that bring back their Read Aloud Charts choose a prize from the prize box, too. that I get from parents of former students. I have a prize box with old toys in it, such as Happy Meal toys, etc. In addition to the nightly homework, children are supposed to read books with their parents as well, and mark them on their Read Aloud Chart for the month. It has to be at least halfway filled in or I write it down as incomplete and do not give a prize. When I taught first grade, I gave math homework every night, as well as literacy homework. So, I would rather have parents spending their time on reading activities. This is because I find that in Kindergarten, it takes a LOT longer for children to learn to read than to do the required mathematics, since most of the math is manipulative based and not as hard to learn, in my opinion. Second, you will notice that there is a lot more literacy homework than math. I regret that this is the case, but it is unavoidable, I’m afraid! They have to catch up somehow. The children that are struggling do wind up with more, because they also need to drill on letters and sounds, etc., that in order to catch up to the rest of the class. The children are supposed to have about 15 minutes of homework nightly. ![]() ![]() I change the activities for each day weekly, except that they always take home books to read on Mondays or the beginning of the week, and they always return their homework on Fridays or the last day of the week.įirst of all, let me establish that my district requires nightly homework at all grade levels, so I really don’t have a choice about whether or not I want to assign it. This is what the cover sheet for my weekly homework looks like. To get your free download of the homework cover sheet, click here.or Click here for an editable version! I do like it, because if parents tell me that they never saw a note, and I know I put it on the homework, my general response is that if the child did the homework and a parent signed off on it, then they should have also seen the paper with the note on it about the change in dismissal times, etc. But quick, general reminders go on this paper. If I need to send another note and elaborate on something, I will. I also love that it doubles as a weekly newsletter for parents, and it forces me to be very concise. The free download for the cover sheet of the homework is editable, too, so that you can change it each week to reflect what you are working on in your own class. There are also a couple of free downloads, too! In this post, I will tell you how I create homework for kindergarten and manage it as quickly and easily as possible. Every so often, people ask me what I give for Kindergarten homework. ![]()
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