I have a 1st and 2nd grader. We have just switch to the Core System. I'm not a huge fan.
My 1st grader has homework usually 2-3 times a week(worksheets, usually takes 15-20 mins), plus 20 mins of phonics/spelling words nightly and 20 mins of reading nightly. She also does Ballet once a week. (Thankfully on Friday so we don't have to rush to get homework done first. However my sons activities make homework hard for her.)
My 2nd grader has homework every night. He usually has 45-60 mins of homework on top of his 20-30 mins of expected reading the teacher wants.(combo of worksheets, book reports, flash cards, writing words, and more)
He has soccer two nights a week (2 hours each time). We are fighting to have homework done before sports, so after sports when we get home at 8pm, I can cook while they shower and hopefully get them to bed at 9-930 pm. I hate that bedtime is so late. And I hate that they expect him to have in total 90 mins of work done a night! He's in 2nd grade! He is on par with his grade level, but this is just normal for our school I'm told. (None of this is work that should've been done in school, this is additional.) He loves his sports, and its his way of getting out all his energy/aggression so I won't take it away. He only gets 10 mins of recess a day and PE once a week. He needs to be able to be active, same for my daughter.
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Brittney
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