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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]6th grade was a lot of scaffolding for us, especially at first. First year there was any real homework, and different teachers do things differently. Like a PP above, canvas doesn't always reflect reality. Teachers have to input due dates and those due dates might change, which means something looks missing that isn't. IXLs don't seem to show up as assignments at all. Some teachers don't use canvas as much. I basically gave up on canvas pretty early on because it was a confusing mess. Instead I checked in with my kid each day on what homework was assigned - had him mentally walk through each class ("no English, some science" etc), because the default was often "nothing" or it just wasn't a thought at all, so I wanted him to get used to thinking about what homework he had each day. And then I used parentvue as the reality check. Usually on the weekend I had him actually check on canvas to make sure nothing was missed.

A lot of maturing happened over 6th grade, and 7th grade has required a lot less oversight, although I do usually still ask "what homework do you have?"[/quote]

PP here, if my kid has missed turning in a paper assignment, he'll set an alarm on his ipad (with a description in the alarm) for the start time of the class where it's due to remind him to turn it in. He came up with this system on his own and it seemed to work (hasn't needed to do this much in 7th).[/quote]

Isn’t an alarm going off in class disruptive to the teacher and the other students?[/quote]

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