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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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. 
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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.[/quote]

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

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