I've always thought that sending homework home with my students was helping them, and me, to reinforce topics we've learned in the classroom. HOWEVER; recent studieshave shown that the correlation between homework and achievement in the elementary grades is very minimal, if not nonexistent. I know, right?
In fact, studies have shown that too much homework in the elementary grades actually has a negative impact on students.
Unlike traditional homework, Un-Homework contains: Choice! That's right. Students make a choice: They either do it or they don't.
Every week, a list of choices goes home with the student. Students can choose 1-5 choices from the list.
Once it is completed, the parent fills out a learning lotto ticket.
On Monday, the child returns the ticket(s) he or she completed during the week and their name is entered in a drawing for a classroom rewards.