How much time does your child spend on homework?

[Hannathy]

My 2nd grader has about 30-45 a night and 45 on the weekend (mostly reading)

My freshman is another story she is in all advanced and AP classes and no study hall so she has easily 3-5 hrs a night and 4-6 hrs on weekends unless a project, paper or tests in a few things then it can be 20 or more hours. From 5th on she always had at least 2 hrs a night.

 

[Trish Bessette]

4th grader - 30 minutes a night
7th grader - 1 1/2 hour a night

 

[keagansmom]

3rd grader- hour and a half-- I believe the standard (as mentioned before) is supposed to be 10 minutes for each grade level but my sons school has always given him more than that.

 

[LBAK]

My DD is in 7th grade and she gets about 30 minutes a night total.

 

[merrily]

6th grader- 1-2 hours per night
9th grader- none, unless it a special project like the toothpick tower he just built that took forever!

 

[PiRSquared]

DD - sophomore in 5 honors classes about 3 hours on weeknights and 6 or more on weekends. She is very efficient. No IM'ing , etc while she's working. It's really that much. She's in marching band which is 3 hours each night after school. She just wants to get the HW done so she can sleep.

DS - 8th grade -- almost none because they have an activity period which is basically a study hall unless they have band scheduled that day. But, he does have a science fair project and a history day project that he has to do all at home. He seems to work about an hour a week on each. They aren't due till Jan and Feb.

 

[KikiFan]

My daughter's in 6th grade. It varies, anywhere from 0 to 3 or 4 hours. But my daughter isn't great at focusing on homework, I really think that it usually takes longer then it has too.

 

[Kitty 34]

Thank you for your replies.

I was curious because I'm the 6th grade Math teacher (for the semester) and personally I don't believe in a lot of homework. Usually the only Math homework my classes have is classwork not completed or a couple of times a week I give them just enough problems to do at home to see if they learned a concept just taught by me that day.