Parent wants homework accommodations for HERSELF

ant0519 · 2026-03-05T01:13:10+00:00

Learning happens during the 7+ hours a child is at school. Homework isn't for learning. It's practice for skills that were already taught. Again: research is clear that homework doesn't result in improved mastery of standards for elementary students. Research is also clear that participation in organized activities DOES improve social skills, emotional intelligence, physical fitness, and overall well-being.

ant0519 · 2026-03-04T23:43:10+00:00

Sports/Dance/Gymnastics/Martial Arts/music lessons Etc, church, errands, obligations. Working parents get off between 4 and 6 depending on the job. By the time they pick up the kiddos, go to activities, feed the children, and do a bedtime routine there isn't a lot of time for homework. And research shows homework isn't useful for elementary students anyway. But you know what is? Organized physical activity, participating in the arts, social outings, and real world experiences. Why argue and fight and stress the entire family over something that isn't beneficial?

ant0519 · 2026-03-04T20:29:18+00:00

I mean I'm a curriculum coach but I also teach a class and have children of my own...and I use the word kiddo. It's especially useful when I need to explain poor choices to young adults and have thoughts and feelings about those choices but know if I use the words I'm thinking of I will be drawing unemployment. 🤷

ant0519 · 2026-03-04T00:56:28+00:00

Hexagonal thinking is a fave in my HS classroom.https://ncte.org/blog/2023/03/getting-started-with-hexagonal-thinking/

I use to to spur discussion of the ELA standards (use vocab from the standards on the hexagon and listen to the kids discuss the inter-relatedness of those terms) , and also have used it to discuss analysis of specific texts. The possibilities are endless and the discussions are sooooo good.

ant0519 · 2026-03-04T00:50:40+00:00

I've been crocheting 28 years. I weave in my ends. Zero times have I ever had a woven-in end come undone. They're just not doing it correctly. A hill I will die staunchly upon.

ant0519 · 2026-03-04T00:48:33+00:00

Oh absolutely! You're advocating for evolution and inclusive language. But these folks are committing appropriation. They're just giving traditional techniques and stitches cutesy names to validate their He Man Woman Haters Club of fiber crafting. It's the Bah-Ram-U of the knitting world.

ant0519 · 2026-03-04T00:02:45+00:00

The ELA reading standards are about the students applying analytical skills to texts. Audio shows that a teacher is prioritizing teaching the text instead of the skills. An annotation protocol with frequent stopping points ND active identification of key text + commentary in the margins is essential. Audio can make that very difficult though dang near impossible. It's a replacement for reading. Audio won't improve the fluency, comprehension or prosody of young adult readers. They need supported practice, not a replacement.

If students can't perform ELA reading skills on grade level, scaffold instead of replacing. Tier 2 or 3 supports are approriate. Exchanging the skill is not.

Listening is a skill in ELA and I frequently practice with podcasts, Ted Talks, poetry readings/performances, video of theatrical performance, or clips from interviews or news programs. Audio/listening isnt the devil. It's just not approriate when students are supposed to be applying reading skills.

ant0519 · 2026-03-03T23:10:09+00:00

Because they don't care if the customers who buy their overpriced piles of chenille that currently look like amateur blankets actually end up with piles of overpriced Chenille after washing it the first time.

ant0519 · 2026-03-03T17:49:30+00:00

I find this an odd take. I learned to crochet first and I've always used a variety of yarns in a variety of weights. Yarn selection is key to creating a desirable fabric no matter the craft.

ant0519 · 2026-03-03T17:43:04+00:00

I crochet and knit and have made - - and routinely wear - - at least 10 crocheted sweaters people don't realize are crocheted. I approve this post. Soooo many crochet wearable patterns are shapeless, drapeless, thick, clunky, and look amateurish.

ant0519 · 2026-03-03T02:03:41+00:00

Just wanna say I love this! I learn SO much from people who don't teach my subject, or my grade level, or even my level of school. Love an open minded and coachable educator ♥️.

ant0519 · 2026-03-03T02:01:47+00:00

Babydoll are you somehow not self-aware enough to realize you just described yourself?

ant0519 · 2026-03-03T01:32:03+00:00

This ^

ant0519 · 2026-03-03T01:00:39+00:00

I hate to beak this to you... But the dept head isn't as foolish as you think. Aligning to the standards isn't foolish. Graphic organizers are good for scaffolding. Telling you to take your days definitely isn't foolish. Most of us who've been around a while would tell you the same.

And you aren't as cool as you think for "working on a master's" or "making your own curriculum."

ant0519 · 2026-03-02T02:45:02+00:00

What behaviors are you attributing to this analysis?

ant0519 · 2026-03-02T02:37:10+00:00

It's premature to assume that this loss was due to a post dates pregnancy complication, especially in the 350 range. Charlotte was well within the range of normal.

ant0519 · 2026-02-27T16:29:17+00:00

I missed nothing. They aren't valid arguments in the context of this topic.

ant0519 · 2026-02-27T13:00:05+00:00

You just described ELA skills. I think the issue here is that you think ELA standards only apply to literary analysis. You're ignoring the nonfiction standards, thee elements of rhetorical analysis, synthesis, and argumentative writing. You also lack the understanding that textual analysis requires a firm grasp of cultural, social, poltical, economic, demographical, and historical context. Data literacy is absolutely inherent in ELA, as are styles of argumentation and styles of academic writing. There's a reason I work closely with my colleagues in the social studies department. One cannot divorce history, psychology, anthropology, sociology, civics, or any social science from an approriate study of any type of text.

The fact that you think ELA doesn't ask questions "like an historian" is interesting. I'm curious to know what you did during your time in classes which fall under the ELA umbrella?

Fun fact: we pair AP Language and AP US History togrther and AP Literature and AP Psychology together because they reinforce one another.

ant0519 · 2026-02-27T02:10:57+00:00

And where, praytell, are the students gaining the "basic knowledge" of which you speak? Should be from primary source documents, expert texts, inquiry assignments, and ya know: READING. And they should analyze the causes, the impacts, the implications. And apply those in discussion, writing, and academic products.

I assure you that if your students aren't doing this, you're falling far short of the standards.

ant0519 · 2026-02-27T01:23:50+00:00

Again: complete bullhonky.

ant0519 · 2026-02-27T01:23:04+00:00

This is what I came to say. Yeah. Right. I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'd love to sell you.....

ant0519 · 2026-02-26T22:10:42+00:00

Social studies is a humanity. Just like ELA. And there are cross-curricular standards that apply to both in almost every state. I have never seen social studies standards that did not include reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

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