(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!).
The National Center for Educational Statistics found that high school students who do homework outside of school average 6.8 hours of homework per week. Metlife Survey of the American Teacher. Race plays a role in how much homework students do. Asian students spend 3.5 more hours on average doing homework per week than their white peers. However, only 59 percent of Asian studentsâ parents check that homework is done, while 75.6 percent of Hispanic studentsâ parents and 83.1 percent of black studentsâ parents check.