Parents->Curriculum
Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Program Reach | S.P.I.R.E | Music | Phys Ed | Art

The curriculum for our 4th and 5th grade students at Manchester offers a wonderful variety of experiences. We are committed to providing experiences which build skills toward becoming a collaborative and quality worker, an integrated and informed thinker, a responsible and involved citizen, a creative and practical problem solver, a clear and effective communicator, an investigator and user of technology, and an effective listener.

We believe that homework is an essential part of the total education of the student when it provides the opportunity for the student to:

practice, apply, integrate or extend school learning
reinforce independent work-study skills
use school and community resources
develop self-discipline

Each teacher, student and parent has a responsibility for ensuring the success of homework assignments. The approximate time frames for frequency and amount of homework are:
Grade 4 - approximately 20 minutes per day, up to 4 days a week
Grade 5 - approximately 30 to 60 minutes daily, up to 4 days per week.