Homework in 6th grade takes my DYS two hours per night. It is HARD homework. Ceasar's English (latin roots), 40 problems of math (not her favorite) and social studies that *I* found challenging.
She used to breeze through homework in 15 minutes in 4th grade (like the two or three sheets tops she'd get) but now she has to really *work.*
I wish it wasn't so much but I also think she's finally learning to study, work and have to think hard about things. Skipping 5th grade I was freaking about this to be honest. It got really challenging really quickly (and not everything was an automatic 100% every time!) but I think in some ways that is a good thing. When you get 5/10 on an assignment because you blew through the homework and didn't really READ the instructions is a mistake she has remembered!
