We spent a LOT of time in Princess's room this morning sorting through things, throwing away junk papers and just making her room look nice in general. Princess really enjoys doing this - I am lucky - this dreaded task went very quickly! We sorted through most of her things and we have a nice pile of toys for the garage sale. I am thinking that we can have it one week from tomorrow or the following weekend if the weather is not going to be nice the first weekend.
Princess has done her reading already today. We spend the first hour of the boys' naptime reading Monday thru Friday. We have kept track of all of her reading and we will turn it in to her teacher at the beginning of the school year. I can tell we lost some ground in the two weeks we took off while traveling. We are back at it with a vengence now, however. Princess had a tough teacher last year but I think it has prepared her for second grade. At least I have heard that the homework Princess had for first grade is very similar to that of second grade. I know I have whined about this before, but isn't this an excessive amount of homework for a first grader??
Monday: Read 3 books outloud (45 minutes), Study for a 21 word spelling test (30 minutes), complete a double-sided math worksheet (15-30 minutes).
Tuesday: Read 3 books outloud (45 minutes), Study for a 21 word spelling test (30 minutes)
Wednesday: Read 3 books outloud (45 minutes), Study for a 21 word spelling test (30 minutes)
Thursday: Study for spelling test and complete spelling homework: 1) Write each word neatly, 2) Draw a picture and create a caption using at least 3 spelling words, 3) Separate words into nouns, verbs, and other categories.
Anyway, I hope second grade is about the same because we made it through 1st grade! I think it will be better because Princess will be more self-sufficient this year. I will also have homework for my little Prince this year: reading every night. Kindergarten is a breeze compared to 1st grade...
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7 comments:
Wow, that's a lot for 1st grade! Too much, in my opinion.
Why don't you ever say anything positive in you're blog. Why do you always complane??
Uh oh, a troll! If you don't like it, don't read it anonymous. Oh, and learn how to spell genius!
Thanks Snoopyfan.
I agree - if you don't like what I have to say, don't read my blog. Simple as that.
I personally do not think this post was negative. Plus if you are going to make a comment like this, have the courage to leave your link so I can follow up with you.
INSANE for first grade, totally ridiculous!
ummm wow on the anonymous comment. seriously...move on dude. do you THINK you are adding anything positive with your NEGATIVE comment?
That sure seems like a lot of homework to me for her age.
Kids need to be kids and play a little. And we parents need to get time with them too.
Ah, the things for me to look forward too. :)
WOW. That is a lot more homework than Abby had in first grade last year. She had the back half of a math sheet every night (they did the front half at school), and one book to read. That's it. And even that much was hard to remember to have her do every night. I know it's only going to get worse from here though. :)
Oh yes - she did have spelling lists that she brought home, but she always knew the words down cold so I never went through them with her. The one week that Ron did quiz her on them - she missed two. Strange.
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