Boxing Hare Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I've never done 1st grade before b/c my older 2 were in school then. For them I spend 1 hour doing math. We do SM (WB, IP, CWP) for an hour 4x week and then fun math on Fridays for an hour. I was planning on doing this with my 1st grader too. But now after reading these other math posts, I'm starting to wonder if an hour is too much. His kindergarten teacher seems to have prepared him well because he easily placed into SM 1B. I'll be doing Miquon with him too. So how much time per day? I'm not sure if I like this board or not. It creates new worries, but always solve them for me.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Math is my 1st grader's quickest subject. Probably 10 min of lesson time with me, plus 15 min. of workbook time if she is being cooperative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I think you should spend whatever time you feel is right for your family. For our family, we did about 20 minutes in first grade. We used RightStart and then a bit of Math Mammoth, and finally switched to Singapore 1A/B. In second grade, we're doubling that to 40-50 minutes because we're adding extra fun challenges (IP/CWP and more). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raceNzanesmom Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 1st grade took about 30 minutes on Monday (introducing the concept), 20 minutes the rest of the week. We would often times play math games, Math Wrap Ups, etc, but we did those toward the end of the day. I'm expecting it take slightly longer this year, but not much. After 30 minutes or so he either gets frustrated or bored. If needed, we'll move on then come back to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 An hour a day might be fine. Play it by ear. My first grader usually does 45 minutes to an hour, but some days we do other things besides our standard math program like math games or living math books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyobu Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I was just looking at the WTM recommendations for first. 30-40 minutes for math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 First Grade Math = 40 minutes/day = 30 minutes for the lesson(s) + 10 minutes for the drill/game/math fact songs. Next year, though, it's going up to an hour total for the second grader. She needs to work longer and harder on math next year, IMO, or she will think she knows it all already. ;) (Actually, she has that attitude now). :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 We spent about 30 minutes on math in first grade. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_the_Rabbit_Hole Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Our lessons are anywhere between 20-45 minutes depending on the concept being taught and the hands on activities. This is also including the time we spend doing fact review. If you feel like you are spending too much time but also feel you need that time I would break it up into two sittings. This is what I did last year, we did all review and mental math work at one time and the new skill and work page at another time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommee & Baba Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I always set the timer for math since it's so much more relaxed now that we've switched to Math Mammoth. After 45min what's not done we close and complete the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RahRah Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 For us, the first day introducing the concept tends to be the most time in the week - depending on what that is, it's taken as little as 10-minutes and as much as 20-45 minutes. Once the concept is done on day one of the new concept, that's it for the day. The days that follow are reinforcement, practice and review - again, the time to do that depends.....but I'd say the average time runs about 15-30 minutes a day for the worksheets or mental math. Math games can go on for much more time - easily up to an hour if DS is having fun with it. I don't schedule math for a very specific amount of time that it must run, but rather schedule it for up to an hour and whatever time we need is what we do. If we hit an hour and need more, we go over (that happens now and then with math games), if we're done before the hour is up, we're done for the day unless DS wants to move on or do more. I'll also add that we don't always do math in just one block of time in a day - sometimes we'll do a few pages of the workbook or IP....then later in the day we'll do some mental math in the car, or while out and about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 We'll be shooting for 20-30 minutes a day max next year. He will be starting 2A in September (we school year round). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxing Hare Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 Thanks! I just got back 15-30 minutes of my day :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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