Intermediate Pod:

Homework Expectations

Homework packet is sent home on Monday and is due on Friday.
The Teacher will conference with your family by telephone if homework is consistently late.
All homework is to be neatly completed in pencil only.
All homework is expected to reflect your best efforts.
Your name should always be written in cursive.
Homework needs to be reviewed for completeness and signed by a parent to be accepted.

A note about homework and your responsibilities:

Parents, students, and teachers have different roles when it comes to successfully completing weekly homework assignments. The following chart should help you to define these roles a little more clearly. Please talk about these roles together and discuss how you can create a homework system that will work for this year.

Homework system in balance

Parents' Jobs	Child's Jobs	Teacher's Jobs
Establish a regular time for homework	Keep track of books and assignments	Provide instruction.
Establish a regular place for homework	Start on time and allow time to finish work.	Provide materials.
Provide necessary materials and supplies	Do his or her own work with only limited assistance.	Provide deadlines.
Provide limited instruction and assistance	Turn the work in on time.	Provide encouragement.
Establish logical consequences for noncompliance and follow through.	Accept responsibility for grades or other consequences.	Provide feedback regarding work returned.

-From Setting Limits in the Classroom, MacKenzie, 1999.

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Intermediate Pod: Homework Expectations

A note about homework and your responsibilities:

Intermediate Pod:

Homework Expectations