Homework Competition

I have made a slight modification to the homework competition discussed below. We will begin the competition on Tuesday January 20th. This week is a trial run for a smaller reward. Stay tuned for more information to come.

Homework Competition

Beginning today, January 13 all six of my classes will be participating in a homework competition. The competition is simple. Students will have the opportunity to win in both writing and reading. The challenge is to have 100% completion of homework. That means every student in the class must complete their homework 10 days in a row to earn a reward. The first class to complete homework 10 days in a row at 100% will earn reward.

Some rewards that are possible to earn are brownies, donuts, cupcakes, a McDonald's run by the teacher (where the students provide the $), or 1/2 hour of extra recess during class. Hopefully this challenge will help the horrible homework situation that all of my classes seem to be in. Ask your son or daughter if they are up to date on their homework. Last week alone I gave out 42 zeros for citizenship in responsibility/homework. This is not an option. Homework must be completed when assigned. Many students will be very disappointed when they see their citizenship grade at progress reports. Citizenship grades can hold a student off the basketball team. Please help to encourage your son/daughter.

Change in Date

Since I am a kind and generous teacher, I did not want the students to have to worry about both their social studies project and reading project being due on the same day. Therefore I have change the due date. The bookreport due date has been changed to January 27th. Please make sure that you are finishing up the book in the next few days so that you may begin on the project as soon as possible. The criteria for the project was given out before Christmas break.