Recording Homework in Planners

Well, the planners have been handed out, the children helped come up with a list of activities to do at home and we're starting to address the curriculum. Now what? Rather than tell the children what to do at home and have them record assignments, the planners are used as a place for children to record all the wonderful things they do outside of school. They should record the books they read each night, as well as the genre, but what they do from that list is their choice. This is what my daughter's planner looked like last week:

Monday
Book: Teacher Trouble
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Tae Kwon Do
Cared for cat and fish

Tuesday
Book: Stars
Genre: Nonfiction
Practiced Violin
Cared for cat and fish

Played Rat-a-Tat Cat (math)

Wednesday
Book: Stargirl
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Practiced Violin
Tae Kwon Do
Cared fro cat and fish
Set the table

Thursday
Book: Reptile Room
Genre: Fantasy
Practiced Violin
Cared for cat and fish
Set the table
Wrote a note to mom

The planner will serve as a permanent record of all the learning that is going on outside of school. I hope this helps.