Mommy22alyns Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I'm concerned with how long it's going to take my ODD to do school with Saxon Algebra 1/2 with DIVE and the Apologia Gen. Science. She can be distractible and slow sometimes, but she has to finish in good time for her gymnastics practices. How long do your 7th graders with similar workloads take on school? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Can't say how long our school takes because it would vary so much by what an individual kid has on their plate to start with, but I can give you an idea about Saxon. DD has used Saxon for almost 3 years now, and each lesson in each book took about an hour. The end of Saxon 8/7 was a bear, and those lessons took longer though. We did not do the CDs unless she needed clarification, so there's that. I've no experience with Apologia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Do you mean how long on math and science? Or how many hours a day? I couldn't quite grok your question. My 7th grader worked about 6 hours a day on schoolwork/seatwork. Reading and extracurriculars not included in that total. It's a very sane amount of time for us and we're going to continue that in 8th. It gives her plenty of time to work on her own creative writing projects, which I don't count as schoolwork but do require a fresh, unexhausted brain. If I push school time longer, she doesn't have the time and energy for this, and it's something she really cares about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 How many hours per day, but anything would be helpful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunshineMom Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I schedule an 1.5 for Saxon Algebra 1 daily (including corrections) and spread out 6 hrs of science through out the week. We aren't using the science programs you referred to so I am not sure how much time they require. We also have a half day on Fridays for music lessons out of town. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Last year my 7th grader was done by 3 most days with an 8:30 start and about 30 minutes for lunch. We carry a fairly typical WTM-ish academic load (rigorous, not insane). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamatohaleybug Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 My 7th grade daughter schools for 6 hours a day, including lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Six - seven hours, but that includes read aloud and reading time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 My 7th-grade daughter worked for anywhere from 4-5.5 hours, depending on what was scheduled for the day. Math took about 60 minutes, as did science, 5 days a week. My dd works fairly quickly, and we are able to accomplish a lot in a relatively short amount of time (which is fine with me, because one of the reasons we homeschool is to allow my kids to have lots of free time to pursue their interests). Personally, if my child were working more than 6 hours a day in 7th grade, I would consider that too much. I'd try to keep it around 5 hours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 Okay, looking at the replies and after a week of school, it looks like she's within the average range, about 6 hours with reading aloud and lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddlemomma Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 We've just started 7th grade, and I've scheduled 6 to 6 1/2 hours. So far (the first week) DD has been starting at 8:30 and finishing between 2:30-3PM including lunch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 It'll be under six hours (including reading & lunch) on most days, but dd#2 starts before the rest of us get up on what she can work on herself. So, hard to tell you exactly how long it takes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 My 7th grader is using AoPS math, and is just brain-fried by 50-60 minutes tops. He works hard until that moment and we shelve it regardless if the lesson was finished or not. IIRC, my teens took a solid hour a day to get through General Science. (DS/7th doesn't use textbooks for science.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinspired Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Last year, my 7th grader took 7 hours but that included lunch and lots of baking in between! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Hmmm, sometimes she's done by 11:30 am.(exceptional days), sometimes by lunch (1 pm), and after our Looong lunch break she sometimes works from 2:30-3:30 to finish up. Together time is 4-5 pm here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 same here...we start about 9 and finish about 3pm most days with a short lunch. She works quickly. But some days are longer, some are shorter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Right now around 6 hours or so. We start around 7:30 or 8 and are done soon after lunch. I can imagine it might get a little longer as we get more into writing papers and so on, but he typically has sports that begin at 2:30 when the jr high lets out, and he's always finished well before that. We don't do after sports or evening work, except to go over the next day's math with daddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 We are just barely starting and won't be up to a full schedule for a few weeks. But expectations jump up in 7th grade here. I'm coming at this as a former math teacher and I tell dd that the public school standard (based on schools I went to, taught in, and the local schools) is a 45 min daily lesson in math plus another 30-60 minutes of math homework. In our homeschool, I'm expecting a 30-45 min lesson with me (reviewing the previous homework, discussing new material, doing some examples) and then 30-45 minutes at night for homework. This could be a straight 1.5 hours but with our schedule (a couple of classes at PS, lots of sports), the nighttime homework situation is more likely. Science is one of the classes dd takes at PS, so that's roughly 45 minutes 5 days/week (some of that time wasted--homeschooling could probably cover the same material and activities in 30 min/day). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiMi 4under3 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 DD (then 13) could take up to 2 hours for an Algebra 1/2 lesson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.