Too much homework from teacher

[Anonymous]

Tell school you're cutting home internet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There's just no way your child legitimately has 4-5 hours of homework every, single night, particularly if you describe him as a fast worker and say he's starting it in class. It may be TAKING him that long b/c he's distracted or doesn't know what he's doing or taking breaks or is a perfectionist but, as assigned, it's probably something more like an hour or less.

I'd suggest figuring out WHY it's taking him so long and then go from there.

I sit in the room while DC does homework, I tell DC if has any difficulty understand certain subjects like math just ask, but usually DC doesn’t need. I would ask DC to rest or work faster to go to bed, I see DC work fast non stop but still couldn’t reduce the time. I can’t imagine for average or slow speed kids, they must go to bed in midnight, or they stop doing sports/activities after school.

I strongly suggest you check your child's Lightspeed report to determine how much of what appears to be done during school and at home is legitimate school work.

Once you've confirmed they are on task you should talk to your child's teacher/s and guidance counselor. If this is legitimate it is far too much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's just no way your child legitimately has 4-5 hours of homework every, single night, particularly if you describe him as a fast worker and say he's starting it in class. It may be TAKING him that long b/c he's distracted or doesn't know what he's doing or taking breaks or is a perfectionist but, as assigned, it's probably something more like an hour or less.

I'd suggest figuring out WHY it's taking him so long and then go from there.

I sit in the room while DC does homework, I tell DC if has any difficulty understand certain subjects like math just ask, but usually DC doesn’t need. I would ask DC to rest or work faster to go to bed, I see DC work fast non stop but still couldn’t reduce the time. I can’t imagine for average or slow speed kids, they must go to bed in midnight, or they stop doing sports/activities after school.

I strongly suggest you check your child's Lightspeed report to determine how much of what appears to be done during school and at home is legitimate school work.

Once you've confirmed they are on task you should talk to your child's teacher/s and guidance counselor. If this is legitimate it is far too much.

Yes I checked the weekly lightspeed reports that showed all school related websites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's just no way your child legitimately has 4-5 hours of homework every, single night, particularly if you describe him as a fast worker and say he's starting it in class. It may be TAKING him that long b/c he's distracted or doesn't know what he's doing or taking breaks or is a perfectionist but, as assigned, it's probably something more like an hour or less.

I'd suggest figuring out WHY it's taking him so long and then go from there.

The issue is probably the homework being on the computer. Computers are not appropriate for elementary school. They are too distracting and make it harder to concentrate and retain material. Elementary kids also lack the hand dexterity and skills to type properly.

If the himework was on paper, the kid could probably complete twice as much eork in half as much time, and actually retain what they are learning.

FCPS needs to eliminate computers in elementary schools.

[Anonymous]

What school is it, op?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's just no way your child legitimately has 4-5 hours of homework every, single night, particularly if you describe him as a fast worker and say he's starting it in class. It may be TAKING him that long b/c he's distracted or doesn't know what he's doing or taking breaks or is a perfectionist but, as assigned, it's probably something more like an hour or less.

I'd suggest figuring out WHY it's taking him so long and then go from there.

The issue is probably the homework being on the computer. Computers are not appropriate for elementary school. They are too distracting and make it harder to concentrate and retain material. Elementary kids also lack the hand dexterity and skills to type properly.

If the himework was on paper, the kid could probably complete twice as much eork in half as much time, and actually retain what they are learning.

FCPS needs to eliminate computers in elementary schools.

Agree with this. If it were my kid and he was truly being assigned hours of YouTube videos and Google slides a night, I'd tell the teacher we have a 1-hr/night screentime limit, and he'll get done what he can within that constraint as far as electronic homework. Elementary school grades don't matter. But I'd encourage him to complete all of the paper-based reading and assignments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC 5th grader at Fcps has average 4-5 hours of homework daily. Those are not classwork, DC is a very fast kid and would use class time to do some homework, I asked if DC needs help for anything not understand in class and the answer was no. The kids, after all entire school day of laptop usage, have to continue another 4-5 hours laptop homework, there’s no down time and even result in a late bedtime. Why? There have been lot of parents from past few years complain about the same thing, but it never changed, and the teacher would tell students not to complain to their parents during class. If I complain to principal, what will the teacher treat my DC the rest of the school year? I don’t know what I can do to help DC escape from this heavy homework load. Sigh.

This is quite simply a big parenting fail. 100%

[Anonymous]

Reach out to the teacher first, no? Clarify the expectations?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's just no way your child legitimately has 4-5 hours of homework every, single night, particularly if you describe him as a fast worker and say he's starting it in class. It may be TAKING him that long b/c he's distracted or doesn't know what he's doing or taking breaks or is a perfectionist but, as assigned, it's probably something more like an hour or less.

I'd suggest figuring out WHY it's taking him so long and then go from there.

I sit in the room while DC does homework, I tell DC if has any difficulty understand certain subjects like math just ask, but usually DC doesn’t need. I would ask DC to rest or work faster to go to bed, I see DC work fast non stop but still couldn’t reduce the time. I can’t imagine for average or slow speed kids, they must go to bed in midnight, or they stop doing sports/activities after school.

I strongly suggest you check your child's Lightspeed report to determine how much of what appears to be done during school and at home is legitimate school work.

Once you've confirmed they are on task you should talk to your child's teacher/s and guidance counselor. If this is legitimate it is far too much.

Yes I checked the weekly lightspeed reports that showed all school related websites.

I'd go to the teacher/s and guidance counselor, together, ASAP.

I'm really surprised the expectation is a student is to watch videos as part of homework and that's not to be done in class. I believe you've said that reading at home is considered part of the homework, and if your child is spending an hour doing homework then I would count that as the reading time.

Good luck, please keep us updated!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC 5th grader at Fcps has average 4-5 hours of homework daily. Those are not classwork, DC is a very fast kid and would use class time to do some homework, I asked if DC needs help for anything not understand in class and the answer was no. The kids, after all entire school day of laptop usage, have to continue another 4-5 hours laptop homework, there’s no down time and even result in a late bedtime. Why? There have been lot of parents from past few years complain about the same thing, but it never changed, and the teacher would tell students not to complain to their parents during class. If I complain to principal, what will the teacher treat my DC the rest of the school year? I don’t know what I can do to help DC escape from this heavy homework load. Sigh.

Check your child's browser history. You may get some surprises.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What school is it, op?

Sorry I can’t share the school and teacher name. I do wish the teacher would see this and realize how hard it’s been on the students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What school is it, op?

Sorry I can’t share the school and teacher name. I do wish the teacher would see this and realize how hard it’s been on the students.

Why haven’t you communicated it to the teacher? I teach a different grade, so this clearly isn’t me, but I assigned what I expect will take 20 to 30 minutes a night. If it is taking students 4 to 5 hours to do it, there is a major disconnect and I want to know that so I can adjust!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe talk to other parents to find out if their kids also spend 4-5 hours every day? I find it hard to believe.

+1 This.

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Anonymous wrote:can you list what the homework is? What takes your child 4-5 hours may not take that long for others. Knowing the type and number of assignments is crucial to helping you out here

There’s usually 5-6 sometimes 7 homework daily. Mostly online plus a few page paper homework like math. Those online homework include YouTube videos you have to watch, many pages of articles you have to read then answer questions or write paragraphs, also slides, you either read through or make, plus projects you have to complete, and study for tests. I’m not the only parent complain, I’ve heard and talked with parents from formal years, they complained to teacher but it didn’t help. We’re at a homework heavy ES, but it’s just not right to torture kids like this.

I strongly suspect that your child is not finishing work at school. Most ES teachers don't give more than 30 minutes of homework, and 20 minutes of that is reading. In 4th grade, my kid had some extra homework for Virginia history which amounted to 30 minutes once a week. He has had friends whose parents complained about the amount of homework to me, when I said mine had no homework or limited homework, the parents were confused. Turned out their kid was goofing off at school and the work coming home was the full days workload.

If this is happening, then just stop doing the homework. Tell the teacher you will have your son do 30 minutes of homework and then they are done. It is ES, the grade goes nowhere and means nothing, there is no need to stress over it.

This is what I would do. Tell teacher you will do 30 minutes and be done. 4-5 hours is insane and will burn out your kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:can you list what the homework is? What takes your child 4-5 hours may not take that long for others. Knowing the type and number of assignments is crucial to helping you out here

There’s usually 5-6 sometimes 7 homework daily. Mostly online plus a few page paper homework like math. Those online homework include YouTube videos you have to watch, many pages of articles you have to read then answer questions or write paragraphs, also slides, you either read through or make, plus projects you have to complete, and study for tests. I’m not the only parent complain, I’ve heard and talked with parents from formal years, they complained to teacher but it didn’t help. We’re at a homework heavy ES, but it’s just not right to torture kids like this.

I strongly suspect that your child is not finishing work at school. Most ES teachers don't give more than 30 minutes of homework, and 20 minutes of that is reading. In 4th grade, my kid had some extra homework for Virginia history which amounted to 30 minutes once a week. He has had friends whose parents complained about the amount of homework to me, when I said mine had no homework or limited homework, the parents were confused. Turned out their kid was goofing off at school and the work coming home was the full days workload.

If this is happening, then just stop doing the homework. Tell the teacher you will have your son do 30 minutes of homework and then they are done. It is ES, the grade goes nowhere and means nothing, there is no need to stress over it.

This is what I would do. Tell teacher you will do 30 minutes and be done. 4-5 hours is insane and will burn out your kid.

Also - this is 5th grade. nothing is a permanent record. Seriously let it go.