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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"A typical day at my child's school involves 1-1.5 hours of math, 2.5 hours of language arts, 1 hour of social studies or science, 1/2 hour of lunch, 1/2 hour of playtime, and 1-1.5 hours of either music, art, PE, guidance, STEM enrichment activities, or library time."

That 2.5 hours of language arts is necessary because of all of the different levels of competency in the class.  There is a short lesson given to all students then the teacher meets with each group for 10-20 minutes, so you could condense that 2.5 hours into about 30 minutes of one-on-one time.  [b]The literacy "stations" and ipad apps are busy work to keep kids occupied so the teacher can meet with the groups.  [/b]With math, if your kid understands the concept, they don't need the worksheet/ipad busy work that again is a way for the teacher to give extra time to students who need it.

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Those stations do keep kids busy but the kids are actually doing work during this time too. In our local school the "short lesson" is typically one that either all the kids need to learn or is specific to each leveled group since they switch classes starting in 1st grade most days. They do several spelling and vocabulary activities several times a week which would take close to the same amount of time at home. The "literacy stations" involve actual writing and reading themselves. I'm guessing any homeschool would also have this time where a parent was working with other children and why wouldn't we want our children doing some work independently? The rest of the time is in small or individual writing or reading groups with the teacher about three times a week. I'm sure a good 30 minutes of the 2.5 hours is not used well but I bet that would be the same at home too since kids need breaks. I agree that more one on one time would be helpful especially in public school with large class sizes, but I'm convinced that the time it would take me to plan the lessons and administer them to all our children would equal the amount of time that is "wasted" in public school. My children have been identified "gifted" anyway and have been nurtured at school with little additional help at home. So far we are happy enough with public school.[/quote]

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