This is a whole series about assigning homework over the summer (NY Times, registration required). Again, the success of it has to do with motivation, interest as well as resources.
Sort of. The problem with that is that the parents have to understand the language used in the curriculum goals and objectives to work on. That was part of my problem with the homework packet for kindergarten. It was more wishy-washy and I really didn't understand it.
And for math, there is the issue of the spiraling curriculum from heck. You could have thousands of objectives in there.
This is also true. And it seems like they change their curriculum every other year. In Kindergarten it was D'Nealian and in first grade the school had switched to Handwriting Without Tears. Thing is, I don't know much about either method. It doesn't help me help her with handwriting. I help her with handwriting by finding motivating reasons she should practice (one of which should be in the mail to you soon.)
But if they gave me a few concrete objectives for the summer, I'd have a starting point. "Work on blend sounds like 'ch' and 'th.'"Or things she already knows but should practice, like "She already knows simple addition, find things to count and tally." They did a better job with this for kindergarten readiness than they have for subsequent years.
These days they just send newsletters with things like "Be sure to keep reading!" Um, thanks?
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And for math, there is the issue of the spiraling curriculum from heck. You could have thousands of objectives in there.
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But if they gave me a few concrete objectives for the summer, I'd have a starting point. "Work on blend sounds like 'ch' and 'th.'"Or things she already knows but should practice, like "She already knows simple addition, find things to count and tally." They did a better job with this for kindergarten readiness than they have for subsequent years.
These days they just send newsletters with things like "Be sure to keep reading!" Um, thanks?