Homework

ALL HOMEWORK PACKETS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE HOME PAGE - just click on the month in which the homework was assigned!


 * __ MRS. BILLICH'S HOMEWORK POLICY: __**
 * All hmwk assignments are due the very next class. This is usually a two-day period because of the A-Day/B-Day schedule.
 * If a student is absent during a day when homework is assigned, it is their responsibility to get the hmwk pkt, read the lesson contained within, complete the hmwk assignment at the end of the reading & - if applicable - copy the notes from a responsible peer. THEY SHOULD NOT WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT TIME THEY HAVE MY CLASS! For instance, if your student is absent Monday & that was a Science day for them, then they return to school Tuesday which is a Social Studies day, they should still come to my class & get the hmwk pkt and NOT wait until they have my class again on Wednesday.
 * The homework must be ALL or NOTHING. As I tell my students, I am not a mind reader. I cannot know if a student has left a part of the homework blank because they couldn't understand it or simply because they were too lazy to complete it. Therefore, all homework answers must be completed - even if the answer is a guess. It should, of course, be a reasonable guess. But homework is credited for being completed, not necessarily being correct. We go over the answers in class the day it is due so any wrong answers should be corrected by your student then.
 * The homework is the last one or two pages of an entire packet. Contained within each packet is the reading material out of the book, a summary page & most of the time some sort of graphic organizer for notes. Therefore, if a student did not understand/ cannot remember/ wasn't paying attention to the lesson in class, they can simply read through the packet - so no student should be totally at a loss to answer any homework questions.
 * The total homework average counts for 15% of your student's science grade. Each homework counts for one point & there is an average of about 10 homework assignments each marking period. So - for example - if your student does 8 out of 10 hmwks they will have an 80% for their homework average. This is only 15% of their total grade so it is possible for a student to have a poor hmwk average & still have a decent grade in my class if they excel in other aspects of my grading system. The reverse is also true. On the NAVIGATION list on the left-hand side of this site, click on GRADING SYSTEM to see how homework affects their total science grade.
 * Late homework will not be accepted unless a student was absent on the day it was due. If there are special circumstances that you would like me to consider, you (the parent/guardian) must contact me directly - either by e-mail, note or phone call. Otherwise, there are no exceptions.