This Isn't Homework!

I'm not big on traditional homework, so I am not going to give your children homework that is going to kill them with boredom. I am going to give you some ideas that you can do with your children. No, I am not giving you the parents homework too! You might be required to do some things to help your children get the homework completed.
All of these are completely optional and your child is not required to do any of the things listed. 

Reading- 15 to 20 minutes of reading each day. Report back to your parents on what you read. Tell them about the characters, setting, problem and solution. Give your parents a kid rating from 1 to 10. 1 being you hated the book and 10 being you loved the book.

Writing-
1. Keep a journal of what you did each day.
2. When you finished a book you have a couple of options.
     a. Rewrite the ending to make it different. It could be a happy, funny, sad or whatever kind of ending you would have liked to see.
     b. Add another character to the story. Give the character a name and provide background information on the character.

Math- take a trip to Walmart or any other department store. This can be recreated if you have newspaper ads or shop online if you can't venture out to a department store. For younger elementary students they are to write down 3 items that they really want, but it can't total more than $100. Make sure you write down the name of the item and how much it costs. For older elementary students they are to write down 3 to 5 items they really want, but it can't be more than $1,000. You can now go home and do the next part of the assignment. .
Next, have the students calculate how much money they have spent. They then need to calculate how many hours it would take for them to purchase all of their items if they made $7 an hour. Next, have them calculate how many hours it would take to purchase the items if they made $10 an hour. Then have them calculate how many hours it would take to purchase the items if they made $20 an hour.

Sight words- cut out squares of paper with your child's sight words on them. Make sure each word is written twice. Play a game of memory match with them.
Play Connect Four with the sight words. Every time your child gets a word right they can drop a chip in.

These are just suggestions that will help keep your child from saying "I'm Bored!" and help them keep their skills sharp.

Have fun!