Classroom Rules:
- Treat others with courtesy and respect.
- Follow directions the first time they are given.
- Raise your hand to speak during instructional times.
- Have all materials ready (including homework) when class begins.
- Stay on assigned task.
- Show respect for personal and school property.
- Show that you are listening by making eye contact and asking questions.
Homework Policy
* A stamp or note will be placed in students' trackers for each missed assignment. This is an important communication tool that should be reviewed nightly.The stamp will be placed in the aligning subject block of the missed assignment. Please ask your child what assignment he/she is missing. Parents/guardians will be contacted at the teacher's discretion; however, I encourage you to contact me with any concerns.
Homework is given at my discretion to reinforce the concepts and skills taught within the classroom. Daily assignments are posted in the classroom and I provide a specific time to allow students to copy their assignments into their tracker. Assignments that are not completed at school should be completed at home and returned the next school day (unless otherwise specified to the student).
Please refer to the homework hotline (412-492-1200 ext. 3910) to make sure that your child’s tracker is completely filled in.
Parents/guardians are expected to review and sign the homework tracker every night. I encourage you to call the homework hotline to make sure that the information that you are signing is accurate.
* Show your child that school is important by doing the following things:
o Help your child feel good about doing homework (try to keep a positive attitude)
o Establish homework as a top priority for your child
o Ask to see your child's daily assignment notebook
o Make sure your child has a quiet place to do homework
o Set a routine for doing homework
o Do not let your child get out of doing homework
o Contact me if your child is struggling with homework
* I expect homework to be:
o Neat and turned in on time
o Completed in pencil unless I indicate otherwise
o Completed by the student - At this grade level, it is appropriate for parents to help and double check work, but not to do the work for the child.
o Double-checked
* These principles are the foundations of good study skills. This is the time to lay and build on these foundations. Children who learn to study in earlier grade levels have a higher success rate all through school. Homework is not meant to be busy work.