Length of time for homework?

Sammysu · October 2010

What is the norm time for homework? How long does it take your LO? Especially those with junior high kiddos.

Joenali · October 2010

30 minutes is much too long for first grade. What in the world is the teacher having them do that necessitates that much time? I teach first and homework should be no longer than 20 minutes, if that.

taggiecb · October 2010

I have a son in first grade, and his teacher, as most teachers in the school, gives homework for the week, and it is up to the parent and child to work out a schedule that works for them to do the work in the 4 days that we have. But she also assigns that they read for at least 15 mins a day for homework on top of that, so for me who likes to spread the homework out evenly over the 4 days instead of doing it all at once the first night, it takes my son about 25-30 mins a night. They are focusing completely on math and literancy right now so it is 5 sight words to memorize and spell out three times each, a math project, a poem/song to memorize and study, and the reading.

docmay25 · October 2010

My ds is in kindergarten. He gets 2 homework sheets that he has a week to do and then reading log everynight.

The reading takes about 10 minutes and that isn't a big deal because we always read during the day and at night anyway.

The worksheets can take anywhere from 10-30 minutes. if he is having a bad day with low attention then I only have him do one section for about 10 minutes. Some days he is doing great and then I will have him continue so that we don't have to do it on another day.

It definetely helps havign the week to do it so I can stretch out the time.

neverblushed · October 2010

My DD is in 5th grade in a magnet program. Teachers aim for kids to have about 90 to 120 minutes of hw each night, with time to complete major projects on weekends. We like to travel on weekends, so we try to space major projects out during the week instead of using Sunday to do them. Occasionally my DD works on homework for 3 hours in the evening, but usually it's more like 2.

I teach HS English in a private school. When I give hw, I aim for about 30 minutes a night. Students in my school have a block schedule, so they may have 6 of their 9 classes in a given day.

DandelionMom · October 2010

My oldest is a 4th grader. She's assigned half an hour of reading, 5 minutes of either spelling or math fact practice, a sheet or two of math that takes maybe 10 minutes, and she's usually working on some type of project that takes 10 minutes or so. So close to an hour total.

debbiezoey · October 2010

My daughter is in 3rd grade and has math sheets sent home 2-3 days per week usually. She only takes about 10-15 minutes to do them and I go throght her bag and sign her daily agenda while she's working on it to be there to answer any questions. She is supposed to read 15 minutes every night (per school). She grumbles about it but once she gets going she usually will go longer.

notkateanymore · October 2010

1st grade here. We have about 45-1hr, if you include reading and studying for spelling tests.

warriormomerin · October 2010

My DD has 20 minutes of reading and 10 minutes of math every night.

As a teacher, I tend to stick to the 10 minutes per grade rule when assigning homework. However, I've learned it varies from school to school.

CubbyMama · October 2010

The general rule is always 10 minutes per grade level, but that's kind of arbitrary. I teach kindergarten and recently had to read The Case Against Homework for a class I was taking online. I wasn't that impressed with that particular book (it's written by/for parents and doesn't really include much research or evidence for their claims--it's mostly hypothesizing and quoting other parents about why they don't feel homework is beneficial, etc.) but I also picked up Alfie Kohn's The Homework Myth, and THAT book is awesome. It thoroughly examines all the reasons commonly given for assigning homework and their validity (or lack thereof) according to research. The research that's been quoted in favor of homework is also examined critically. After reading it, I would completely forgo assigning homework if I could (but I jobshare and my partner disagrees).

Here's my blog post about Kohn's book, if anyone is interested (these are not my original ideas; it's basically a summary of the book's main points).

Joenali · October 2010

CubbyMama:
The general rule is always 10 minutes per grade level, but that's kind of arbitrary. I teach kindergarten and recently had to read The Case Against Homework for a class I was taking online. I wasn't that impressed with that particular book (it's written by/for parents and doesn't really include much research or evidence for their claims--it's mostly hypothesizing and quoting other parents about why they don't feel homework is beneficial, etc.) but I also picked up Alfie Kohn's The Homework Myth, and THAT book is awesome. It thoroughly examines all the reasons commonly given for assigning homework and their validity (or lack thereof) according to research. The research that's been quoted in favor of homework is also examined critically. After reading it, I would completely forgo assigning homework if I could (but I jobshare and my partner disagrees).

Here's my blog post about Kohn's book, if anyone is interested (these are not my original ideas; it's basically a summary of the book's main points).

Live Kohn's philosophy on homework. I would forgo homework as well but we are required to give something.

ougrad1 · October 2010

I taught for 11 years and our shool rule was 10 minutes per grade level. I taught second (20 minutes) and fourth grade (40 minutes).

teacherlizzie · October 2010

I teach High School and Middle Scool History at a charter school, I give between 20- 35 min a night. My 5th grader has about an hour, and my 9th grader about two and a half to three.

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