Chloe Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 How long should he? Or how long does he? :lol: My 7th grader (doing below grade level math) takes up to 45 minutes to do his work (5-6 Math Mammoth Worksheets). We also drill and play Addition War. The total lesson is an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Does forever count? :glare: My ds is 6th and doing pre-algebra. Depending on the lesson 30-60 minutes. Without procrastination 45 mins should be max in our curriculum. We are using an older Dolciani textbook, we discuss a lesson, complete some oral problems and then he has 12-20 written problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 30-60 minutes, depending on how hard it is. Usually closer to 45-60 once we're past the first several lessons. Merry :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 My ds10 takes about 45-60 minutes, I think (I'm not really involved). I just asked him, and he said "a while". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 At sixth grade--I set the timer for 1 hour. What gets done get done. If the child were to waste time on a regular basis, I would then assign homework. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yslek Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I'm currently setting the timer for 30 min. for B & T when they're working on TT. Then we usually do a 5 min. drill and some mental math (from the Saxon 5/4 book I already have)--maybe another 5 min. or less. I plan on upping my 5th grader's TT time to 40-50 minutes by the end of the year. We'll probably add 5 min. to the timer every 9 weeks or so until then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 At sixth grade--I set the timer for 1 hour. What gets done get done. If the child were to waste time on a regular basis, I would then assign homework. That's what I do as well. He's getting some tonight! :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 30-60 minutes depending on how well he gets the lesson and how distracted he is feeling that day. If he is truly struggling I stop him at 30 minutes and we continue the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 45-60 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 It's actually been pretty zippy. My kids have gotten a lot faster as they've gotten older (even though I'm not sure they really have all their facts as instant recall). But I'm only counting the Singapore workbook portion. I also give a lesson (variable amount of time, but it's quick lately because they get it). I'm going to have them do CWP as well, but they've only done a few pages so far (but they like it). I also have them do a day's worth of "Use it Don't Lose it" daily math practice, and they have weekly worksheets from Math Detective, on Decimals or Fractions (these can take them quite a while, but there's only one a week), and/or Code Breakers, and I'd like to do Hands-on-Equations one day a week. But the actual Singapore workbook portion isn't taking them much time at all. I slotted aside 45 minutes for math, and even with the lesson it's way less than than. (They're in 6a - I keep hearing how hard 6a/b is - have we just not hit the hard part?? We're in ratios. Warn me please if we're in for a big upset somewhere). They're also just about to start the first "Challenging" section in CWP, which I'm guessing will slow them down. We slooogged through 2a/b way back when, so it's been a pleasant surprise that it seems to be getting smoother rather than rockier (knock wood!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my2kidsmom Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 My dd is towards then end of 5th grade and usually has 3 pages to do in her Horizons math each day. She takes about 30 minutes or so. That has not always been the case and I figure she must be taking up the slack for 2nd grade ds. Sometimes he takes hours! I guess it's been in the last year or two that she has gotten more speedy with her work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meet me in paris Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Dd11 is not mathy... we recently started Oak Meadow math and it takes her about 30 minutes per day. That's the best/shortest it's ever been for her - TT6 took about 45 min. to an hour each day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Usually an hour a day, though it might range from 45-90 minutes. Using Algebra:Structure and Method... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauracolumbus Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 We do Saxon and they do half the problems after the practice set and it takes about 45-60 mins. If it takes longer it becomes homework. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysparkler Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Only 4th grade, but he is well advanced for his years and more on the 6th-8th grade level... very "mathy" kid: we have 75 minutes scheduled, and he typically uses all of his 75 minutes and asks to do more during his free time for fun. I was tempted to do a 90 min block for Math, but I didn't want to "overdo" it (whatever that means). He typically does a lesson a day, with some extra "fun" problems (computer program or worksheets) if time allows. We are on a 4-day/week schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 In 5th grade, my dd did math for 20 minutes/day using a timer. When the timer beeped, she was done, no matter whether she had done 1/2 exercise or 2.3 exercises or whatever. She also did Daily Math Practice each day, which usually took about 5 minutes. In 6th grade, my dd is doing math for 25 minutes/day using a timer. She also does Daily Math Practice, about 5 minutes. She is able to finish an A level and a B level in Singapore doing math for this amount of time. Having her work longer means that she actually gets less done and dissolves into tears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 45-60 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 60-90 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Well, I generally have it cut up into bite size bits that average about 30 minutes. Sometimes it takes longer, but 30 minutes is definitely the average. My son is also doing an outside algebra class this year and his homework for that adds on to the time he spends on math, but some of that is done over the weekend, as homework. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nata Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 30-45 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen the RD Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 My dd takes 45-60 min/day to do 1 lesson in Horizons & 1 lesson each in Singapore text & wkbk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chloe Posted September 24, 2009 Author Share Posted September 24, 2009 I feel better now. I had 75 minutes set aside for math, but wondered if it should be more than that. I do think my dc spend a lot of time dilly-dallying though. Maybe if I set a timer for 45 minutes they'll work on task better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moni Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 We're Slackers ;) About an hour. :seeya: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 40 minutes to an hour. I just plan it and get as much done as we can. If not enough gets done from dawdling, then it turns into homework for later in the day, on her own time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claire up north Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 About 45 to 60 minutes a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Youngs Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 45-60 minutes. If he procrastinates, we move onto something else and he can finish his math after he completes everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaLee Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 We've gotten it down from 2 hours to about an 60-75 min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialmama Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 45-60min of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdeveson Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Two lessons of TT per day -- that takes somewhere between 30 and 45 minutes, depending on how hard the lesson is and whether ds is distracted. Then we do 15 minutes of TimezAttack drills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdeveson Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 I feel better now. I had 75 minutes set aside for math, but wondered if it should be more than that. I do think my dc spend a lot of time dilly-dallying though. Maybe if I set a timer for 45 minutes they'll work on task better. We get the dilly-dallies here too. I set the timer for 45 minutes. That's more than plenty of time to do everything. If it takes longer, I stop the lesson at 45 minutes and anything that remains unfinished turns into homework which severely cuts into ds's Runescape time. Works like a charm. I have to insist on this, otherwise I'd spend 10 hours a day chasing him around trying to get things done. I have committed five hours a day for teaching and that's as long as I'll make myself available. (This doesn't include the several hours per week I spend on lesson planning.) After five hours, it's all homework and ds is on his own. It's only ever come to that once or twice early on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plimsoll Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 45-60 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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