I give your question a d+

Your criticism is that

1. teacher moved from 5th 6th grade to second.

SO?

2. YOU haven’t felt comfortable.

Why?

3. 2nd grader doesn’t get homework on consistent basis.

I certainly hope not. (unclear whether you want homework or not.)

Am I too critical of your question?

I don’t know of any 2nd grade teacher that gives homework on a consistant basis. Most teachers who are good teachers don’t have to give homework because the students understand the work well enough at school. Also, as a parent and a teacher yourself you should know that you can be consistant with having your child read every night. Reading is the most important homework a child can have, and that shouldn’t have to be assigned by the teacher. I think you should back off and let the teacher teach your child, just because she came from 5/6th grades doesn’t mean she can’t teach 2nd grade. I moved from high school to elementary this year, and I am very capable of teaching my class, just as she probably is too.

1) give the teacher a chance to adjust (just like you would want if you were in her shoes)

2) If the homework concerns you, ask her what her beliefs are about homework (she might not really know what is appropriate for this age, or have the resources to give it more frequently)

3) Ask one of the 2nd grade teachers she works with what he/she does for homework etc and see what they suggest. They may even approach her for you.

4) TALK TO THE TEACHER!!!

So she teaches like the children are older but doesn’t give homework?

Have you talked to her about this? Why do you want him to have homework? What are your expectations of her? If you were in her place, how would you want a parent to handle this problem?

I personally believe that it is best when parents email me or send notes. I have time to think about what the parent really wants and needs as well as how I can help them.

If you have not talked to the teacher you need to. If you have, you may simply have to accept that all teachers have different styles of teaching, as will you son. Your son will experience numerous people in his life, many of which will not automatically click with him and his personality. He needs to learn that sometimes we have to do things in different ways.

yeah…you seem to contradict yourself. you want her to give more homework? but she teaches like the kids are older? she moved down to 2nd grade and…???

you of all people should know, she’s not teaching “5th grade” or “2nd grade”…she’s teaching KIDS! doesn’t matter the level. just give her some time to adjust! when i moved from college teaching to 6th graders, i thought they would need my help going to the bathroom!! i had no idea! at the same time, i gave them a 5 page paper assignment to do individually! so…it just took some time to figure things out, and not that much time. geez….we’re 1 month into the schoo year, cut this lady a break!!

I agree with art psycho

Students work for 8 hours a day and when they come home they have homework. THat’s just too much work.

Plus studies have proven that homework doen’t really help much

your son is lucky to have a 5\6 grade teacher. She’ll teach them a ittle about what’s expected of them in higher grades.

if you have a MAJOR problem with her just talk to her about your concerns.

And have you thought about WHY you don’t like her?

I don’t know why people are so confrontation-aversive all the time time.

Yeah, it may make you feel uncomfortable to confront, but that’s the only way to overcome.

And so many times, people cite a failure of communication as the reason for failure.

Don’t be hard, but air your concerns and hopefully, as a teacher, each will realize where the other is coming from.