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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] My son spends a lot of time playing and studying chess for tournaments and his time is better spent on chess than school busywork.  DS is above grade level academically across the board and I don't see how homework adds anything for elementary schoolers.[/quote]

He won't be hurt by the five minutes he spend on homework either if they are at his level. [/quote]

He has 2 reading and writing assignments a week in two different languages - immersion school that takes him about 30-40 minutes each to do.   I think it is appropriate for 3rd grade.  That's about it for homework at our school although there is a nightly 40 minute reading, 20 minutes each language, that we don't bother doing.  There use to be more homework in earlier grades but no longer probably due to complaints from parents.  He brings home worksheets  (similar to homework assignments in previous grades) fully completed from school.[/quote]

I am the pp you respond to. I have never made my son read the number of minutes every day either. He is in 1st grade and reads about 2-3 grades above. I don't feel like we need to change much. His other homeowork takes 2-5 minutes depending on how much he did at after care. That is it. I think this is totally appropriate amount of assignment.  But I think it is good that he has the structure of having homework. I also like to see homework coming home. Because it is really the only way for me to figure out what they are doing in school and how he is doing in school. [/quote]

I would be completely fine if DS did not have any homework at all.  While I like the homework DS gets now, most/all the homework he got in earlier grades were IMO a complete waste of time.  Happy our school got rid of it.  Also, I don't think "structure of having homework" in elementary school translates into middle school and beyond.  DS does his homework as soon as he gets home from school the day it is assigned without prompting to get it out of the way.[/quote]

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