Runningmom80 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I know, all kids are different, yadda yadda... Ballpark it for me. How long is a third grade day for an accelerated kid in your experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 I ask because it's seems our third grade day is taking way longer than I thought it would. Perhaps we've made a jump of sorts. (Ds is possible 2e with focus issues, but this has been the case since the beginning.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 It took us about four hours. But that was with a lot of enrichment. I could have easily gotten that down to two or three hours. This was for a kid who was doing middle school work across the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Ds isn't quite middle school, but I'd say upper elementary. It's taking us 4 hours, I was thinking it would be between 2-3. Second grade took us 2 at most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 What subjects are you teaching? It could easily take 4 hours if you delve into history, science, art, and music (etc) and do accompanying projects. A decent art/history/science project could take an hour out of the day right there. And when I read aloud to the kids, it's 40-60 minutes of reading, so there goes another hour. If you're just doing reading, writing, and arithmetic then 4 hours is a long time, but if you're adding extra subjects then 4 hours sounds reasonable to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy the Valiant Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Our accelerated 3rd grader works about 3 hours a day, give or take. I call him accelerated because he works AHEAD of his peers, but he doesn't really work MORE than his peers, heh. That doesn't count free reading (which is definitely enrichment), playing outside, chores, Lego time (another form of enrichment, on the right day), or karate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I've taken a slow meandering wide and deep approach. When my kids were in 3rd they did at least 5 hours on a typical day, but that wasn't all seatwork. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 We do read aloud, math, handwriting, latin, grammar, and then alternate SOTW and science stuff. This also includes 20 minutes of bass practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 We do read aloud, math, handwriting, latin, grammar, and then alternate SOTW and science stuff. This also includes 20 minutes of bass practice. That would probably take us close to 4 hours if it was all done daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 3 hours of seatwork if he's working diligently. History is 3x/week and Latin 2x/week. Doesn't include reading, art, music, PE, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Morgan's seatwork is between 2-3 hours. Closer to 2 when she is on it - usually an hour and a half in the morning, and then an hour-ish after lunch. Seatwork includes math, grammar, spelling, writing, spanish, and cursive. Seatwork doesn't include history, science, lit (read aloud by me or buddy-read together) or her reading and/or listening to audiobooks. That adds another 2+ hours a day. ETA: I didn't realize I was posting on the accelerated board. Morgan isn't particularly accelerated, although she is an advanced reader. Whatevs, I'll leave it up anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 It takes us considerably longer. Keep in kind that all my time estimates include dancing around, talking with his brother, going to the bathroom, fetching water...... With that in mind, my younger works about an hour on math, 45 minutes on French, 45 minutes on reading, one hour science or history, half an hour writing, and about an hour between spelling, grammar, vocab.... That brings us to about 5 hours. Actual work is less though. Ohh, I included everything, not just seat work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 ok. I think I will ease up on the math. That takes up a bit of time each day. I'd like to keep it closer to 3, without projects and music practice. And there is an issue of focus at times that adds to this. He's been whining about handwriting for 20 minutes this afternoon, I'm not counting that in our totals. :nopity: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinivanMom Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 My kids have only done about 2 hrs of schoolwork per day in 3rd grade, not including music practice or reading. If I were to tally up all the hours they spend doing academic activities, then it would probably be far more, but I only require 2 hrs. I ratchet up the requirements in 4th (to 3 hrs) and again in 5th (to 4 hrs). I feel like that has been age appropriate for my kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Thank you everyone for your replies, I feel better about what we are doing, and I think I've figured out how to trim some time off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clementine Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I would say no more than 4 hrs - some days less, some days more if the focus wasn't there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Different families have different priorities. The LCC approach has daily foreign langauge while science is only 1x/wk until high school. In contrast, my DS is doing daily science and only 2x/wk Latin. So it's hard to compare schedules when not everyone agrees on which subjects are core vs. secondary vs. electives. The 3R's are going to be daily for most kids, but beyond that it really varies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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