Homework Update
Grade 2 Team (Tracks 1,2,3,4)
Brassfield Elementary
2019-2020
Our Grade 2 team has reviewed research conducted over time
demonstrating no proven academic benefits for early elementary age
students regular homework. In addition, studies show that homework
can have a negative impact on some students' academic performance.
demonstrating no proven academic benefits for early elementary age
students regular homework. In addition, studies show that homework
can have a negative impact on some students' academic performance.
Therefore, our Grade 2 Team will not assign mandatory written homework
for the 2019-2020 school year.
for the 2019-2020 school year.
What students ARE encouraged to do outside of school is to
READ. They are also encouraged to practice recall of memorization
READ. They are also encouraged to practice recall of memorization
of addition & subtraction facts. One resources you may choose to use for
math facts at home is Xtra Math (on-line). Your child will have an account via
our class page. Log In info will come home during the first week of school.
math facts at home is Xtra Math (on-line). Your child will have an account via
our class page. Log In info will come home during the first week of school.
Your child's teacher(s) will communicate information specific to her/their
class about reading challenges, reading logs, tips for interacting with &
responding to text along w/ your child & opportunities for him/her to share
books from home with classmates.
class about reading challenges, reading logs, tips for interacting with &
responding to text along w/ your child & opportunities for him/her to share
books from home with classmates.
If you'd like to read more about this research, then below is a quote from
one article & a link to a column outlining the findings of this study.
one article & a link to a column outlining the findings of this study.
"There is practically nothing that will be more important than reading time,”
Hirsh-Pasek (Temple University professor, early learning researcher, and
Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution) says. “It’s a time when kids learn
integrated narrative. It’s a time when they learn about relationships and
hear vocabulary that they don’t hear anywhere else.”
Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution) says. “It’s a time when kids learn
integrated narrative. It’s a time when they learn about relationships and
hear vocabulary that they don’t hear anywhere else.”
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