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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1) Yes
2) No
3) 3rd
4) ASFS

Homework is a daily reading log, one reading response per week, and one math packet per month.[/quote]

I would never doubt reading as “homework” but I guess for some kids that’s the only way they would read.

So you have one reading response and one monthly math packet? Does it take some time every day to complete those (like building a thesis on day one, outline on day two, etc for the reading response or is more one night of work and done?) similarly the monthly math packet, is it a months worth of daily math problems?  Having the homework due as more or a project where they have to plan out and execute completion over the week/month may not be too bad. [/quote]

I think most schools have 20 minutes of reading as "homework" but we're new to ASFS and it's the first year we have to write it in a log. Reading response doesn't build as far as I can tell, they get a choice of questions to respond to about any book that they've read on their own. My kid does it in less than 10 minutes. Math packet is not daily math problems, seems like a handful of pages that cover what they're learning for the month that gets turned in by the end of the month.[/quote]
In third grade, the homework isn’t really graded (even when there were letter grades).  It’s more of a check yes you did/didn’t do it.  They used to be harsher and not give kids credit if they didn’t write something substantial, but I think everyone’s a little less intense about school since covid started.[/quote]

What's homework in 4th and 5th like at ASFS? I was nervous coming from a mostly no-homework school, but have been pleasantly surprised that the homework is completely reasonable and manageable. Have heard ASFS has chilled out on the homework in recent years.[/quote]

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