Homework Policy
The number one question I get at Open House and conference time usually concerns homework. So, to save you and your child some confusion, I would like to inform you of my policy early in the year.

Generally, the only homework your child will have is work not completed in class, with the exception of cursive and multiplication packets. On occasion, I will assign work to be completed at home and brought back to class. Students will almost always have the night the homework is assigned to complete or revise it. Longer, more complex assignments will be given additional time.

Assignment Sheet
Each day, all assignments are written on the assignment chart located on the chalkboard. It is the student’s responsibility to write down the specific assignments onto his/her assignment sheet. This sheet will be handed out the first school day of each month and is to be handed in to me the last school day of each month. It is to be signed by you at the end of the month (please don’t sign it early, this way I know you are aware of your child’s academics and behavior for the entire month). This is a great tool to keep track of your child’s daily behavior and assignments that should be completed.
When a child has a missing or incomplete assignment, I will mark an “I” (Incomplete) or an “MA” (Missing Assignment) in the box on his/her assignment sheet next to the appropriate assignment. If the assignment is not turned in by the due date, I will give the student a zero with no option of make up in Reading, Language Arts, and Math. Zeros are averaged in with all other grades and drastically lower the GPA. If the late assignment is in Social Studies or Science, the best grade a student can receive is a check plus, but may be turned in no later than one day after the original due date. Of course all absences, emergencies, and prearranged circumstances will be built into this policy.

Exception***
Each trimester I drop each child’s lowest grade in each subject area.