Well, we've certainly had to adjust to 5th grade and the amount of homework this year. Jordan is required to read out loud for 30 minutes each night 6 days per week (yes, Saturdays, too!!) and then write a summary & connection point of what she just read. This usually takes 1 hour total each night. She also for the first time changes classes during the day (only once equalling two teachers but it has still been an adjustment) Her second teacher (math, science) is male. This is the first time she's had a male teacher -- she's adjusting to that too (he apparantly doesn't write the homework assignment on the board -- so, I told her that the minute he "says" the assignment to write it down -- when she did this she was told to put her pencil down??) Which means she has to "memorize" her homework assignments for math and science. This past weekend we had a "study marathon" because this teacher announced they would have a science test on Tuesday. She now knows the definitions to the words... Mitochondria, Cytoplasm, Chloroplasts, Vacuoles, Ribosomes, Lysosomes, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Cell Wall, Cell Membrane, and more. She knows the criteria of the cell theory and the 5 kingdoms of the cell and their criteria (Animal, Protists, Plant, Bacteria, Fungi -- kingdoms) We spend at least 2.5 to 3 hours each night on homework. Is it just me or does this seem like an awful lot !!!!!!
With all that said, she seems to be getting it and for the most part doesn't seem to be overloaded. At night, when she starts getting "burned out" -- we get up early the next morning to finish. This picture of her reading her "30 minutes" was taken this morning at 5:45 am.
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