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The items are sometimes very simple things that I don't need to check or even know about. For example: Find 3 things that are green. I might ask at morning message for the children to tell me something they found at home that was green but I don't mark it nor do I know if they actualy did it. Last year I did have one student who drew me pictures in his Homework book of the three things. His mother labelled them for him. I was so impressed I wrote a note home to thank the mother for her support and gave him a special sticker. Homework is not a high priority for most families in our area but I do think it is important to try. I'd love to try and get my students reading more but many don't have books. If I send books home I don't see them again so it is usually photocopies that I send of emmergent readers so it's no big deal if they come back. However, this is very time consuming. Also Scholastics have a monthly package called Let's Find Out that we used last year that comes with a small booklet and a few posters. The Teacher's Guide comes with class size posters, a homework sheet and a copy of the booklet. The grade one teachers wanted it re-ordered for this year and we even got subscriptions for our whole division (K-2). These are usally monthly themes that anyone can use in the classroom and then send the studnet's copy home once we cover it a few times. sdwl
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