We are now officially 2 weeks into the first grade. And already, I am not ready to be back to school. Braedyn loves school. He loves the whole social aspect (he is a major social butterfly), and being able to hang out with kids his age all day. I like having him out of the house, so I can work without all the noise. But the homework is definitely MORE than I ever imagined. I'm sure I NEVER had this much homework in 1st grade. And why is it that the only homework he has is the stuff he has a really hard time with---writing.
Every night consists of 1-2 hours of homework, which does not make Brock very happy either. His homework includes Math, Spelling, a worksheet (of writing words and numbers with correct letter formation, and spacing), reading, and anything he didn't finish in school that day (unfortunately, since he is a social butterfly, the school work turns into homework way too often). The reading is a breeze to him (which only takes 15 minutes a night). But everything else, since it involves writing, takes a very LONG time. If he could just spell the words by saying the letters, it would take like 2 seconds per word. Since he actually has to write them, and make the letters legible, it takes 2+ minutes per word.
How sad is it that I got stuck on his math homework tonight? I have taken Colelge Algebra, College Trigonometry, and Math for Elementary Teachers 1 & 2, but I had no idea what the teacher was asking for. He was to "Draw a repeating pattern" which I believe is like "red, yellow, green, red, yellow, green...". Then he was supposed to "draw a growing pattern". What in the heck is that? I made something up, but the teacher will likely think I am a sad parent, and no wonder my child can't do math with a parent like me. If you know what a growing pattern is, please enlighten me, because I thought of many different ideas of what it could be, but I don't know if any of them are correct, and I'm sure the one he did is probably wroong, but at least I tried :).
Who knew 1st grade homework would stump a College Grad?
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There are a few examples of growing patterns on the following sites:
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http://mindfull.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/mental-math-in-salmon-arm/