Teachers:does the 10 min per grade homework time include :

[Leigh]

reading? Sorry, know I've asked a ton of questions re: homework of late. My hopefully final Q is this: does the 10 min per grade homework guideline include reading time (15/20 min per night)? I'm suspecting not. AND at what age does the 10 min per grade start? K or 1st? thanks much!

Leigh

[Mommy2HaileynJosh]

I would think it would NOT include the reading time. Also, the "10 minutes per grade level" is basically a guideline. Each district has its own policy and procedure regarding homework.

Just FYI, As a third grade teacher, my homework should take NO MORE than 40 minutes ... most of my kiddos finish it in less than 1/2 hour.

[Mike&Ann-NE]

It depends on the teacher. For my classroom, it did not (unless we were doing a novel project) For my nephew's 4th grade class....it does. I think he is going to get quite a shock when he has a teacher that expects that in addition to his homework.

[burdicd]

First grade teacher here: My students have spelling and math each night for homework-- these together should take about 10 minutes-- I do ask them to read 15-20 minutes each night. They can read to a parent, sibling, aunt, uncle, etc. Also they can partner read-- parent and child sit next to each other with a book. The page that is on your lap is the page you read-- parent on left, they read left page, child on right, child reads right page. My feeling is, that the kids do so much work in my classroom, I don't want to bombard them afterschool!

Debbie