S/O How much HW does your public schooler get?

[Wild Lupine]

The other home work thread has me wondering how much home work kids get, and if it varies in different parts of the country. So,

1) What grade is your child (ren) in,

and

2) How much homework do they get a night?

My DD is in her first year of preschool and gets no homework. I'd be irked if she got any. My sister's son started getting HW in pre-K.

[aslyn]

my 1st grade DS gets about 10 min of homework every few days. Usualy its "bonus" homework. On fridays he gets a spelling list to write each word 3 times that is due on wednesdays.

[ALittleBitCrunchy]

We're in the midwest.

DD is in 1st grade. Each night is 10 minutes of reading, 10 minutes of a spelling related activity (we have this annoying list of hands-on spelling practice that are tediously slow...like forming words in play-doh or writing every letter in a different color) to prep for Friday's test. Then, 5 minutes of sight word flashcards and 5 minutes of something extra, like a math worksheet or a 'find _th words' assignment. Weekends include a poetry notebook she is to read to us.

DS is in 3rd grade. Each night is 10 minutes of reading and 10 minutes of math facts review (flashcards, mostly.) We also review spelling words nightly and go over his worksheets/papers from school and go over anything he needs help understanding.

[northwoods1995]

Pre-k----no homework

K---one page of homework M-Th nights that took approx 5 minutes to complete (ex. one page story to read or one math worksheet)

1st---two to three pages of homework M-F nights that takes approx 10 minutes to complete (one story to read + one math sheet + an occasional other sheet)

[FreeRangeMama]

We're in Alberta and mine are gr4, gr2, k, and preschool. They don't get any homework, though the older two would have to bring home and complete any work they didn't finish in the ample class time they are given. That hasn't happened yet though, they are given more than enough time in school for the work that needs to be completed unless they waste a lot of time in class.

[Storm Bride]

I'm in BC.

My oldest is in 12th grade. He's only carrying a 3/4 schedule right now. (He will be filling one of his two empty periods when he can figure out what class fits - he originally had a full schedule, but three of his chosen classes were at the same time, and he had to pick one. It's too bad it was the three classes he most wanted to take.) I'd say he's getting about 30-45 minutes a night, but it will pick up. There's always less homework at the beginning of the year, and school doesn't start here until the day after Labour Day.

When he was in 4th, 5th and 6th grade, he was doing about 2-3 hours a night. It was absolutely ridiculous.

[EFmom]

We are in NY state.

It varies from night to night, but it is never less than two hours for my 8th grader, often more like four, and that's five nights a week. She always also has lengthy projects hanging over her head that have to be done over the weekends. My 5th grader has far less homework than last year so far (somewhat better teacher), usually about 2 hours per night, also five nights a week.

Last night, she had 6 pages of math worksheets, four pages of Spanish, a chapter of social studies to read and two pages of questions to answer, four pages of math worksheets (many of the problems had not been covered in class), two math chapters in her text book and six pages of problems at the end of the chapter, a sheet of spelling and vocabulary words, two chapters in a novel they are reading for class. She has three longer term projects she's supposed to be working on. Oh, yeah, she's also supposed to practice the violin for 40 minutes and read for "pleasure" for half an hour.

My 5th grader had a page of spelling words, a chapter in her math text and all 48 problems at the end of the chapter, a packet of social studies consisting of about 20 pages of reading and eight pages of worksheets, two online "games," and she is supposed to read for half an hour and practice her flute for 20 minutes. She also has a long term science project she had to work on.

[Turtlecouple]

Washington State here.

DS1 is in 1st grade. Hw is given on monday, due on friday. It takes him less than 10 minutes to do the whole weeks worth. Math flash cards were sent home earlier this week (which I initially said "ugh" until I read the attached letter from his teacher. Teacher said it was not about memorizing, that it was more important that they can provide meaning to their answers. If the card says 2+3, have them group objects of 2 and 3 and then combine them to make 5.) These cards are not "homework" per se, just a tool we could use if we wanted to help the kids start to understand math facts. Spelling is to begin next month, 6 words per week. I don't know what kind of hw that will entail. A reading "log" each month which has 19 apples they color for each 20 minutes of reading (can be read to self, read to another, or adult reads to child).



DS2- is 3 years old, started Montessori. No hw, however if the parent asked, the school has work that can be taken home to do.

[CarrieMF]

Saskatchewan here. The girls are in Grades 3, 4 & 7.

They don't get any homework, though the older two would have to bring home and complete any work they didn't finish in the ample class time they are given. That hasn't happened yet though, they are given more than enough time in school for the work that needs to be completed unless they waste a lot of time in class.

This is the same here. they only get hw if they haven't finished their work in the time allowed in class & the schools allow more than enough time.

There may be 1-2 special projects through the year but my kids rarely bring those home.

There will be tests to study for.

There is reading logs for the younger 2, however they read everynight anyhow so I don't count it at hw. The one in Grade 3 has 10min to read each night. If they read they do, if they don't it's not a big deal & the school doesn't do anything about it.

[sunnmama]

Dd is in 4th grade. We are in NC.

So far, she gets 10 min of hw a night. It is select math problems from a workbook. They are supposed to set a timer for 10 min and stop when it dings. If they finish the assigned problems and still have time, they are supposed to go back and do some of the skipped problems until 10 min of time has elapsed. (ftr, we don't do the timer here. She just does the problems in under 5 min and stops )

She is also supposed to read 30 min a night, which she would do anyway.

She has had hw for the AG program once so far. It was about 15 min of work, and she had the whole week to complete it.

2nd and 3rd grade were similar, except she brought home spelling words/assignments every week for those grades. She has spelling this year, too, but there is no spelling hw.

I've been very happy with the hw policies!

Originally Posted by Wild Lupine

My DD is in her first year of preschool and gets no homework. I'd be irked if she got any. My sister's son started getting HW in pre-K.

Homework in preschool??? That's crazy!

[StephandOwen]

DS is in 1st grade. He gets his homework folder sent home on Monday (1-2 pages) due Wednesday, homework folder sent home on Wednesday (1-2 pages) due Friday, literacy homework folder (1-2 pages) sent home Monday due Thursday and a "reading contract" (folder with a book and a short assignment) due every 2 weeks. He also gets a spelling list on Mondays, test on Fridays.

Each of the homework/literacy homeworks take maybe 10 minutes to do (sometimes 5 minutes, sometimes 15). The spelling lists we just build into our days (I give him "quizzes" randomly) so I'm not sure how much actual time he works on that. The "reading contract" takes a couple hours over the course of 2 weeks.

I don't think it's too bad

[Mackenzie]

DS2, first grade: 15-20 mins a week... He gets a packer on Monday with instructions what to do on what day and he turns it in on Friday. He does it all on Mondays and it takes him 15-20. He is supposed tonread daily for 15 mins also. If he does it, he does it... I don't care. He reads enough that it balances out. I just sign the log.

DS1, 4th: anywhere from 0-30 mins... He too is supposed to read nightly. Same applies.

DD, 6th: 30 mins to 2 hrs, depending....

[LynnS6]

1) One child in 1st, one in 4th. We're in the Pacific NW.

2) The school 'rule of thumb' is that children should get about 10 minutes of homework per grade starting in 1st. That's about right for dd, who's in 1st. No way does ds have 40 minutes a day. He's usually done in about 10. I suspect it will increase later in the year as he gets more projects.

In addition, they have do to reading every day: 20 minutes for dd, 30 minutes for ds. That's not a problem as it's part of the bedtime routine. I don't really count it as homework.

If we counted it, then dd would have 30 minutes of homework and ds would have 40.

I'd pull my child out of any pre-K program that assigns homework.

[A&A]

3rd grade- about 15 minutes a night, plus daily reading
9th grade-- anywhere from nothing to two or three hours a night

We're in the West.

[emily31]

This is our first year dealing with PS after HSing previously. We are in Texas, and dd is in fourth grade. She has homework of 1 1/2 to 3 hours every day (includes reading 30 min)--specifically assigned as homework, not work left over from the class. In addition to her daily homework, there are these huge six weeks projects. I am not a fan.

[jillmamma]

Originally Posted by emily31

This is our first year dealing with PS after HSing previously. We are in Texas, and dd is in fourth grade. She has homework of 1 1/2 to 3 hours every day (includes reading 30 min)--specifically assigned as homework, not work left over from the class. In addition to her daily homework, there are these huge six weeks projects. I am not a fan.

I am also in Texas, and I have kids in K and 2nd. K has no homework, but they ask that you read to them every night. 2nd has 4 assignments per week due Friday...things like draw a picture of the setting of the book you read, create a word search woth science or social studies words, write 3 word problems for math or make a poster. Besides that, they are supposed to read 20 minutes a night and mark it in the reading log, and study spelling words.
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[jen in co]

Colorado

K (Full Day): 10 min + Reading (1 book)
Read 1 Book per night (my little guy loves to read and does way more than that); Monthly HW packet that contains an assignment for Mon-Thurs (usually takes 5-10 min)...can be done whenever it works with your schedule, but needs to be turned in by the end of the month (or day after last assignment).

3rd Grade: 15-20 min + Reading 20 Min
Read 20 min per night; Math (1-3 worksheets, takes 10 min or so); spelling (up to you how much you study...unless the words are hard we practice out loud, so 5 min); Handwriting (cursive, 5 min and not every night); Misc. (sometimes there's something else like 5 min of science (look at bugs and record interesting facts), social studies or something else).

Our school is super academic...super high test scores, blue ribbon, etc. and HW is not so bad so far...

[claras_mom]

Kindergarten in a multi-age classroom. Independent project to be completed and presented each Friday. It can be really anything....dd chooses something she's interested in and we help her find information and think about how to share it (this week she wants to do something with frogs). We're also supposed to read 20-30 minutes a day, but there's no log or anything to keep.

It is, in fact, more than 5 or 10 minutes a day, but because it's not rote work, I'm not too fussed.

[JayGee]

DS is in 3rd grade. He has about 15 minutes of math homework, a spelling test every 2 weeks, a book report 1x a month. He's also supposed to read 15 minutes a day.

DD is in 1st grade. So far she's had no homework other than a spelling test every Thursday and reading 15 minutes a day too.

[amma_mama]

DD is in first grade in Virginia. She gets a homework packet on Fridays that is due the following Friday. Right now it takes her 5-10 minutes per page (one per night but you can spread them out however you like). She is also expected to read for 15 minutes each night which she does anyway, if not more (and me begging her to stop as it is sleepy time). She really likes doing worksheets and stuff (she is begging for a new math workbook for her birthday next week), though, so I just go with the flow - it is mostly reinforcing the lessons that week.