I'm a first time school age mom, so maybe times have really changed since I was in kindergarten. Is it just me, or are kids doing A LOT in kindergarten? DS has a science project due on poster board on the water cycle. He had a science diagram quiz on plant life. He has weekly spelling words (six words). He's in a computer skills course where they actually learn how to use the keys correctly. Memorizing decent length poems. The rest I'm okay with, social studies test on people in our community, Bible quiz on Noah and the Ark, language arts writing lower and upper case letters, blends, etc.
I took a break from going over his homework last night and just had him do it before school. Geesh, it just seems like a lot. Is it just me?
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They have 2-3 new "word wall words" each week, which are sight words they should be memorizing, but they aren't quizzed on them. They are also asked to do 10-15 minutes of reading each day.
They are doing a science unit in class about trees and leaves, but the only thing we had to do was take a nature walk and collect leaves/pine cones/acorns, etc.
My DD's kindergarten class gets 2 homework sheets every night, except weekends. They have a list of sight words to work on for every month. We haven't had any 'quiz/tests' yet.
That sounds like a like a lot to me. DS is in private school and his homework consists of a short (3-5 page) reading assignment and memorizing that week's Bible verse (which is due Friday.) Starting in January, they will begin spelling tests. He does have occassional additional projects (creating a family tree, All about me board, etc..) but nothing compared to what you mentioned. In fact, we had a parent/teacher conference today and the teachers recommendation was not to spend more than 10-15 minutes per day on homework - considering they sit still and work hard all day, that's a lot to ask of a kinder kiddo!
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