My Take On HW...
HW: It May Be Here To Stay...
With that beingness said, it doesn't seem that HW is going away anytime fourth dimension soon. In monastic nation to run into HW eliminated at that spot has to hold upwards a thoughtful procedure that is respectful of everyone's preconceived notions close HW. For most of society, HW is simply the norm... the agency it has ever been done. Most of us had HW every bit students growing upwards together with therefore nosotros aspect our children or students to accept the same experience. In fact, roughly parents mightiness struggle that a lack of HW is indicative of a lack of learning. So, HW is in all likelihood non going away without a scrap (in spite of all the research) therefore I remember the fourth dimension has come upwards to REBRAND HW together with acquire inwards something that children volition hold upwards excited to engage inwards together with parents volition no longer dread.
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Rebranding HW inwards v Steps...
Here are my v steps to rebranding HW:
1) Eliminate it! The over abundance of enquiry that shows no positive correlation betwixt HW together with academic functioning inwards schoolhouse should hold upwards argue plenty to eliminate HW; but if that does non seem similar a adept plenty reason, together with therefore heed to the students because my jurist is they would limited a rigid dislike for HW, which should talk to it beingness irrelevant together with meaningless to the people it is supposed to hold upwards impacting the most!
2) Call it something else... anything else because the mere advert of HW to a greater extent than oftentimes than non garners a negative reaction from most learners. For example, inwards Kindergarten at Cantiague our children are expected to read at to the lowest degree 2 nights a calendar week but, instead of calling it "Reading Homework," the teachers telephone telephone it Book inwards Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Bag together with the kids acquire super excited when they realize it is a Book In Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Bag night! Someone else shared that at their schoolhouse students acquire math homework 2 - three nights a calendar week but instead of calling it "Math Homework," the children travel Number Explorers i nighttime or Magical Mathematicians the other night. The assignment may non necessarily hold upwards whatever dissimilar but because the give-and-take homework is nowhere to hold upwards found, the children respond differently. So, acquire creative together with showtime past times eliminating the give-and-take homework together with run into how that impacts your students!
3) Give learners choices amongst what they tin experience at dwelling to extend their learning (see what I did there? Didn't utilization HW). For example, create a carte du jour of activities that gives students a vocalization inwards how they desire to deepen together with broaden their understandings inwards a specific content area. For example, at Cantiague, our kindergarten students practise their words using a “word report menu.” The teachers accept provided the children amongst dissimilar activities to bespeak from that tap inwards to dissimilar modalities together with interests. These are every bit unproblematic every bit writing their words inwards the steam inwards the shower, tracing words on a solid unit of measurement member’s back, cheering the words similar a cheer leader or edifice the words out of legos or dissimilar materials. After speaking amongst the children close their choices every bit piece of occupation of the give-and-take report menu, it is clear that they aspect forwards to these activities together with the teachers are seeing a novel bird excitement surrounding learning their sight words. Basically, what the children run into every bit a fun project, game, or activity is helping to create their foundational skills. Although this instance is specific to kindergarten at Cantiague, it is super slowly to alter it upwards for older students together with across all content areas because the basic thought is giving children choices therefore they are empowered learners beyond the schoolhouse day. For example, instead of having 5th graders read close the Civil War inwards a textbook together with respond the questions at the cease of the chapter, give them the pertinent data together with and therefore give them a choice close how they could communicate their knowledge... peradventure they could create a video close what could accept happened if the South won the nation of war or they could showtime a weblog together with write a diary every bit a soldier from the northward or create a historical fiction moving-picture demonstrate majority based on the war... the possibilities are endless!
4) Take experiences such every bit Genius Hour or MakerSpace together with accept the children engage inwards activities of that nature at dwelling where they tin attempt something new, create something from scratch or pursue a novel passion! Whatever it looks like, it builds on measuring three where students accept choices for what they acquire exterior of schoolhouse but gives them to a greater extent than independence over the actual procedure together with product. This is something nosotros are going to showtime doing at Cantiague where nosotros accept dubbed Tuesday nights... Try It Tuesday! This thought was suggested past times i of our amazing 4th degree teachers at Cantiague who was already trying it inwards her classroom. This is how she framed Try It Tuesday... Every Tuesday nighttime instead of traditional homework, the children accept to attempt something new. It’s sort of similar Genius Hour at dwelling amongst no limits! I accept constitute that the kids are motivated together with engaged to experiment, imagine, plan, create together with improve their “designs,” whatever that may aspect similar to them. I started this Try It Tuesday ritual together with accept constitute that it encourages appreciation together with happiness inwards my classroom! Based on this proposition close Try It Tuesday together with the positive feedback it received from students together with their families, nosotros volition hold upwards making this a school-wide experience starting inwards March. Every Tuesday nighttime at Cantiague volition hold upwards TRY information technology TUESDAY together with although the children volition hold upwards able to attain whatever they want, they volition every bit good accept a carte du jour of ideas to chose from inwards instance they are stuck for inspiration at home. I am super excited close this shift inwards our HW practice!
5) Flip the classroom experience together with attempt doing HW inwards schoolhouse piece letting the children attain roughly of the learning at home. For example, instead of having children attain a worksheet close fractions at home, accept them lookout a brusk video close fractions at dwelling together with and therefore come upwards to schoolhouse the adjacent solar daytime together with engage inwards diverse fraction based activities. Although I never tried this every bit a teacher, I accept observed several teachers who accept used this approach together with their feedback is that the students accept a to a greater extent than positive mental attitude close the homework together with the teachers experience similar they accept a meliorate agreement of their students' readiness levels because they are seeing what the children tin genuinely attain inwards class. This is i of the problems amongst HW - nosotros never know how much back upwards a learner mightiness hold upwards getting at dwelling together with how much they genuinely understand. So travel out at that spot together with attempt flipping your classroom!
These are simply v steps to rebranding homework but I am certain at that spot are dozens to a greater extent than therefore delight portion roughly inwards the comments below! Although I would beloved to eliminate homework completely, I don't remember nosotros are at that spot withal therefore I am hopeful that rebranding the experience volition acquire inwards a to a greater extent than positive i for students, their families together with educators!
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