Ms. Karlsson's 5th Grade Class

Discovery Elementary    2300 228th Ave SE    Sammamish WA 98075    425.837.4100

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Students are given up to 50 minutes of homework Monday-Thursday. This is the on-going, weekly and daily assignments given to students:

            Reading:     Read 20 minutes or 20 pages
                                Answer questions on our Blog
            Spelling:     Activities from the Menu and studying for Friday tests
            Writing:      Varies: revisions and editing
            SS/Science: Geography Packet (1 page/week)
                                Independent Research Activities
            Math:           Varies: anything not completed in class

No homework is assigned on weekends so students can use this time to get ahead, especially if they participate in extracurricular activities that make their week- days busy. It is also used for students to make-up late or missing work from the previous week.

When students are absent due to illness or appointments from class, homework is gathered in a folder and placed in the front office after school for pick-up

When students are absent due to vacations, homework is not given ahead of time. Since students guide our learning each day, homework assignments are not known until the end of each day. However, your child has three options:
  • 1. Take all books, resources and binder with them on vacation. Parents can leave an email for me to send homework assignments to.
  • 2. Students can use the Discovery Trip Book to do while on vacation. These are not graded, nor can it be used for extra credit.
  • 3. Homework assignments will be gathered the same way as for illness absences and the student can pick it up when they return from vacation. Students have the same number of days to complete the missed work as days missed from school.

Please see Discovery’s Attendance/Tardy Policy and Family Trip Approval Form.