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[quote=Anonymous]Is this amount of homework really out of line? Unless I'm reading your post wrong, it sounds like three worksheets and around 5 spelling words per day. If the worksheets are an appropriate length and level for the kids, that would probably take my kids around half an hour to 40 minutes. Depending on how difficult the spelling words are, 5 would probably be around another half hour especially if they actually had to use a dictionary to look up meanings, synonyms, and antonyms. Around an hour to 1 hour 15 minutes of homework. Not a small amount, but I always assumed it was to be expected.

I heard 10-15 minutes per grade level was considered typical for homework, so if your DC is feeling overwhelmed I would just cut homework time off at around 40 minutes to 1 hour and write the teacher a note to try to reassess what's going on if it is consistently taking longer than that.

There's no sense stressing a young child out about homework after a long day at school, and if that's what you see happening I would hope your DC's teacher would be open to working with you to improve the situation. [/quote]

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