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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Homework in FCPS is capped at thirty minutes up to third grade and then an hour in 4-6. That includes reading. [b]They are not allowed to add reading time onto the thirty minutes.[/b] The regulation says “across all disciplines.” Practice math facts and spelling and read. Most important is exercise and unstructured free play.[/quote]

This must be up for interpretation. At Back to School Night DS's teacher very specifically said up to 30 minutes of homework (though she said it probably wouldn't take 30 minutes) plus 30 minutes of reading. I asked because an hour a night is a lot and she confirmed. It actually doesn't bother me as much as it could because DS reads whenever he has free time so we don't need to go out of our way to "schedule" 30 minutes of reading. [/quote]

NP: For our AAP, 30 minutes of reading is the default expectation but there isn't an associated log or task with the reading and it's just a general recommendation (and probably 90% of the kids are reading more than that anyway due to preference--my DC is probably 2+ hours reading and we have to focus more on cutting off at bedtime than anything else).  So the homework -- typically math, writing and the odd social studies or science project -- typically runs about 30 min.  Sometimes it takes longer, sometimes less.  If there's a particular assigned reading it is considerd part of the homework.  She still has plenty of unstructured time except on the days where she some other afterschool activities.[/quote]

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