US party line seems to be 10 minutes per grade: http://www.nea.org/tools/16938.htm http://www.nea.org/tools/16938.htm But many parents report that their kids

US party line seems to be 10 minutes per grade: http://www.nea.org/tools/16938.htm http://www.nea.org/tools/16938.htm But many parents report that their kids require far longer to complete the assignments. When my son had more than 15 - 20 minutes of homework in 1st grade (5 repetitions of "write a sentence in Spanish that includes the following word") last year we told him to stop and we sent a note to the teacher. I have a friend whose kid takes 2 - 3 times longer than his classmates to finish his homework. It's hard to tell if it is helpful or not for him, but he's definitely not happy about it and he's still a small kid.