Comments on: My Amazon Kindle Ate My Homework http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/30/my-amazon-kindle-ate-my-homework/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:25:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mark Penningtonhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/07/30/my-amazon-kindle-ate-my-homework/#comment-176409 Mark Pennington Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:06:14 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=16205#comment-176409 I have an idea to share re: homework. On back-to-school night last year, I made a deal with their parents: I said, "I won't assign grammar or essay homework, if you will supervise your child's reading-discussion homework." Every parent made positive comments about this approach to homework. Few parents at the intermediate, middle, or high school levels want to or know how to supervise written work. Supervising their child's reading is something that parents support and perceive as valuable. Here, in a nutshell is the homework plan: Students read for thirty minutes, four times per week. Parents grade a three-minute discussion of each reading session. Students lead this discussion with reading comprehension strategy discussion prompts. I got a high degree of buy-in from parents and students. I flesh out this homework program much more on my blog at <a href="http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/reading/how-to-get-students-to-read-at-home/" rel="nofollow">Homework That Makes Sense</a>. I have an idea to share re: homework. On back-to-school night last year, I made a deal with their parents: I said, "I won't assign grammar or essay homework, if you will supervise your child's reading-discussion homework." Every parent made positive comments about this approach to homework. Few parents at the intermediate, middle, or high school levels want to or know how to supervise written work. Supervising their child's reading is something that parents support and perceive as valuable.

Here, in a nutshell is the homework plan: Students read for thirty minutes, four times per week. Parents grade a three-minute discussion of each reading session. Students lead this discussion with reading comprehension strategy discussion prompts. I got a high degree of buy-in from parents and students. I flesh out this homework program much more on my blog at Homework That Makes Sense.

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