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Download: Homework contract for your child

Homework can be a hot-button issue for both you and your child. Setting up a homework contract is a good way to defuse some of that tension and avoid homework battles. Here are two sample contracts you can download.

By Amanda Morin

Expert reviewed by Bob Cunningham, EdM

A homework contract is an agreement that outlines what you and your child will do to make sure homework gets done on time and well. It can help your child develop good study habits and become a more independent learner.

Homework contracts can also outline rewards and consequences for kids when they follow or don’t follow their part of the contract.

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Homework contract for grade-schoolers PDF - 183.8 KB

Homework contract for middle-schoolers and high-schoolers PDF - 145.2 KB

You can tailor your contract to address your child’s specific homework challenges. For example, if your child struggles with time management, the contract can lay out what time of day the homework needs to be done.

Fill out the contract together to make sure your child understands what’s being agreed on. Revisit the contract as your child’s workload changes or if things aren’t working as you expected.

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• Third Grade

Parent signature on homework

• Thread starter erinsmom
• Start date Jul 17, 2009

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• Jul 17, 2009

I have used a weekly homework/communication folder for the last several years. My problem is that I have many parents that do not sign it. What do you to encourage parents to sign?  

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signature Did you call parents? I would give a friendly reminder and normally parents were embarrassed that I had to call them, so they were better about it. Of course, you always have those few that SAY they'll sign and then don't. What is that they're signing? Is it a behavior log? If the student is doing their work and behaving, then I wouldn't worry about it. Is it something you need for documentation? I just have parents sign the behavior log each night. If they behaved and a parent didn't sign, I didn't worry about it. If they misbehaved, then they missed recess until I got a signature.  

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We also have our students' parents sign their homework notebook. We offer an incentive for the students called a HOT ticket standing for homework in on time. In order for students to earn their hot ticket, their assignment must have been copied from the day before, all homework completed, and a parent signature. No signature, no HOT ticket. The students then use their tickets for classroom raffles. We find that the students are very good at getting that signature!  

Parent Signature Log At our school we have Wednesday folders. Most teachers not only include flyers from the school, but homework as well. One teacher at our school staples a signature page on the inside of the folder (it has date and signature lines). She tells the students it is their parent's homework for the night and the kids have to make sure the parents do it. That seems to work. I send home weekly tests to be signed and they are all returned (for the most part) on Thursday when I stamp parent signature at the top. I didn't have a problem last year with it. If the students didn't return it on Thursday, I had them stop what they were doing and write it in their school agenda (grades 3-5).  

GreyhoundGirl

Parent Signature I used to be rabid and keep kids in from recess for no signature until a princ told me I couldn't consequence kids for their parents choices which was an excellent point. So...if the kids have homework, and assignement book, they get recess AND they get paid Character cash. IF they have homework, but no signature they don't get paid Character Cash BUT they don't miss recess. If it happens more than once in a week, I call home. IF they have NO homework, and NO assignment book signed they get NO Character Cash, NO recess AND a phone call home (fun times for the kid).  

iluvtoteach

Parent Signatures The PTA buys an agenda for each student. In the beginning of the school year, I let the parents know these agendas have been purchased by PTA. I also discuss how it's the students' responsibility to write down the homework assignment each day, take the agenda home, and get the parent to sign. I tell the students that it's part of their homework to get the agenda signed. I also send home Monday folders. I staple a parent signature sheet on the left side of the folder. Parents sign the sheet and make comments if they wish. In the beginning of the year, I discuss how the parent signature sheet will be used as a form of communication. If a parent doesn't sign the signature sheet, I send home a note. Sometimes the parent hasn't signed because their child didn't show them the folder. When a student takes a test, I also ask parents to sign the test. If I am having problems getting parents to sign the agenda, parent signature sheet, or tests, I send home a generic letter to all parents addressing my concerns.  

Don't punish the kids for parents' neglect I'm getting softer about a few things, and this is one. I had a real eye-opener, when one of my sweet, sweet little girls signed her mother's name in her agenda. I asked about it, and I could see how distressed the child was. It's the same with children who are consistently tardy--it's rarely their fault. Therefore, I stopped rewarding for signatures on anything--because I have had parents in every class for the past 5 years who seem to take a stand that they won't bother. At the same time, I hold students responsible for their work, and I work hard to explain how they can complete tasks independently. This past year, I had a mother who didn't sign the agenda for several weeks, so I wrote her a note. Then, a week later, I called her. I was surprised when she said, "Your message was the same as the note. Why did you call me?" I told her that I didn't realize that she had read the note because she had not signed the agenda. She explained to me that she was a very busy woman, and that she tried to look at everything on Saturdays. Even though I don't punish, I send papers home once a week. I use a file jacket with a cover sheet on it. There is a line for each week. When that is returned unsigned, I write in pen, "Returned, 8-12-09, unsigned." It is amazing how many parents will sign OVER my note1  

• Jul 27, 2009

More info on "HOT" tickets I have used "homeworkopoly" the past two years and find it more than I can handle some weeks. Can you tell me how your "hot" tickets work? Do you reward every week and then do a raffle at the end of the month? How do you keep up with how many tickets each student has? Thanks for the help!  

• Nov 6, 2009

HOT tickets Hello. Are the HOT tickets you use "store bought" or "home made"??  

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