So for my DD some things do take the required amount of time or more. The writing composition can take up to half an hour but this is an area she needs to work on. The teacher assigned math often takes WAY longer because it is not things that are taught in the normal classroom. For example, a few weeks ago one question was "How many 9s can be taken away from 36?" Well, for some kids that may be an easy question, but for my DD that necessitated teaching her to count by 9's "because that was a way more efficient way to solve the problem" LOL. Another problem talked about tax on a few purchases. The math was not hard, but we had to have a 30 min discussion on taxation. Reading comp is usually quick when the questions are not poorly written. Spelling takes about the recommended time - possibly more if she is doing "rainbow letters" However, math homework is taking the about the required time. The math website is a timed activity, the IXL is a recommended amount of time spent and the two sheets are often word problems that require writing. Writing is an area of relative weakness.
