(shÄ­ngâ²gÉl) n. 1. A thin oblong piece of material, such as wood or slate, that is laid in overlapping rows to cover the roof or sides of a house or other building. 2. Informal A small signboard, as one indicating a professional office: After passing the bar exam, she hung out her shingle. 3. A woman's close-cropped haircut.
Kindergartenersâ attention spans are short. So their homework should be short, too! Send home nightly tasks that can be completed in about 10 or 15 minutes. If you send home a weekly homework packet, make sure to educate parents about the importance of doing some each night (rather than all of it on Thursday night!).
There are 460minutes in a school day [only if you go to school from 7:00am to 2:40pm]. This includes time for lunch and other breaks. Class time will necessarily be less than 460 minutes. In Canada, a school day is considered to be 300 to 330 minutes, depending on grade and school district, but this total does not include time for lunch, recess, announcements, arrival and departure, etc. It is common for students to be in school for approximately 8 hours.