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Study Time: The overall goal is to start asking: “What are you doing during Study Time?” (Because “No.” is the standard answer to “Do you have any homework tonight?”)
In an effort to help students prepare for their future academic career, there is a benefit from looking at time management now. Many students participate in a variety of before and after-school activities that range from academic pursuit to leisure. I’d like my students to set aside 45 – 60 minutes a day (5 days each week) for the following:
- At least 20 minutes of reading.
- There may be a reading assignment from school.
- Any genre -- Fiction, non-fiction, newspaper, comics or comic books (especially with strong word choice), magazines
- Research a passion area (see writing)
- Read aloud to your parents or a sibling
- Discuss your reading with your parents.
- At least 15 minutes of writing
- Any topic.
- Write a letter, practice penmanship, practice spelling.
- Write a report, create a Power Point, create a brochure on passion area. (see reading). {Could present to class.}
- Work a cross word puzzle to build vocabulary
- Use a keyboarding program to practice your keyboarding skills (no more than 15 minutes). The trick here is to be sure fingers are covered during the practice, so typing occurs without looking at fingers.
- Use word choices from favorite author or genre to write own story.
- Take notes on short cuts for your video games.
- Help edit a written piece for sibling or friend.
- Math
- Complete Math Journal pages or Study Links.
- Play math games.
- Work a Soduko puzzle.
- Play chess.
- Practice math facts.
- Current study:
- Right now we are studying the original people of North and South America.
- Agendas will be used to keep specific details of work that should be completed for the next day. (What you may think of as “homework”.)
- If you find your child has been putting in more than an hour of focused attention on an assignment and making zero progress feel free to send a note to let me know.
- The same is true for emergency situations – send in a note, so I don’t keep a student in at recess who otherwise would have taken care of the assignment.
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