Grades 1–5
Homework Packet Cover Sheet
A cover sheet for a weekly homework packet: the pages in the packet with done boxes, the due date, a family comment and a teacher check.
Classroom management printable · Homework tracking sheets
Read and Retell Homework
A reading homework page for 1st to 3rd grade: title and author, beginning, middle and end boxes, a favorite part drawing and a family signature.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–3
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Organization, Time management, Home-school connection, Responsibility
What kids do
“Read a book at home. Tell what happened at the beginning, middle and end, then retell it to a grown-up.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Draw your favorite part.
- I retold the story to:
Teacher tip
Have kids retell their story to a partner the next day.
How to use it
- Explain the sheet to families at back-to-school night or in a note.
- Keep the sheet in the same folder every day so kids know where to find it.
- Fill one in with the class the first time so kids see what a finished one looks like.
Watch for
Kids without support or a quiet place at home. Offer a time to finish at school.
Talk about it
- What do you do when you get stuck?
- What is one thing that went well this week?
Take it further
Share homework tips from students in your class newsletter.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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