Below is a weekly homework schedule. The schedule lists assignments that are the same each week. Your child will also have various assignments that are added to the list below. You should check the assignment book daily for homework not listed below. Students are given time to write their assignments in their assignment books daily. When students turn in their homework, a purple stamp is placed in the assignment folder to indicate that the homework made it to school on time.

Basic Schedule Monday 1. Mrs. Ritenour selects a spelling assignment from the spelling activity list in each child's homework folder. If we do not have school on Monday, this assignment will be moved to Tuesday. 2. Read, Think, and Write- Explanation 3. Other homework varies- see assignment book Tuesday 1. Read, Think, and Write- Explanation 2. Other homework varies- see assignment book Wednesday 1. Read, Think, and Write- Explanation 2. Other homework varies- see assignment book Thursday 1. Students select a spelling assignment from the spelling activity list in their homework folders. 2. Study for spelling test 3. Read, Think, and Write- Explanation 4. Other homework varies- see assignment book Friday 1. Get conduct report signed 2. Get Friday folder signed 3. Read, Think, and Write- Explanation 4. Other homework varies- see assignment book

Examples of Other Homework Here are examples of the kinds of homework you can expect this year. Math- studying facts, finishing classwork, practicing new concepts, various projects Science- home experiments, reading articles, projects and reports, gathering information, surveys Social Studies- reading, research, projects, reports, surveys, interviews Handwriting- cursive practice Writing- completing a story, editing, writing a story, gathering data for a story, poetry projects Reading- book activities and questions, projects, genre studies Notes- Sometimes the school has information that needs to go home before Friday. If this occurs, students will make a notation to give their parents a note. Parent Signatures- getting a paper signed by a parent