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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A 2nd grader doesn't need homework. Limit their electronics, let them run around outside with friends, and make sure they read, read, read. [/quote]

Exactly! They’re already at school for a full day. Why do you need your 7-year old to have homework?[/quote]

It’s to reinforce the day lesson, and demonstrate competence and understanding independence of the classroom.

It also [b]builds executive function to track, plan, and turn in homework, projects etc[/b]. if everything is just pop and do what is told in class, there is no independence required. [/quote]

This does not need to be done in 2nd grade.  These skills can be started in 4th and still be successful.  The difference between 2nd and 4th grade is HUGE.  The leap in 3rd from "little kid" to "big kid" is insane.  Don't rush it.[/quote]

I think that is kid dependent — ours would have benefited from an earlier start. [/quote]

You can do all of this at home, without homework.  Build in structure, routine and organization to your life early on.  Put in place as much as needed.  Start with chores.  I have one teen who always does hw but can’t seem to do any laundry or find any clothes.  That’s my parenting fail.  [/quote]

That's not a substitute for homework. [/quote]

You don't need a "substitute for homework"[/quote]

We have covered this. It's not tenable to go from zero homework to sudden homework in middle school. It's much easier and better to learn the executive functioning skills associated with homework when you have one teacher in elem rather than 6 in middle school all assigning different homework assignment. And when the student is adjusting to middle school which is already a big adjustment. I'm a big believer in giving kids the tools they need to succeed - not just sink or swim. I don't think HW in lower elem is good at all but I definitely support some in 4th and 5th for this reason.

Also - HW gives parents a window into how their kids are doing. If kid struggles with math HW parent can then do something about it. Too many schools just push kids along who are struggling and parents have no idea. Standards based grading doesn't help this at all. Sometimes seeing a kid come home and not know how to do the homework is a really big clue that something is off. [/quote]
My kid has had at least 4 core teachers per grade since 2nd, plus specials teachers.  They rotate classes most of elementary school, with different teachers for language arts  (sometimes split writing/reading), math, social studies, science and homeroom. They get homework from different classes (including specials) and turn it in with different teachers and on different days.  It's a fiction to pretend that kids don't have more than one teacher until MS.[/quote]]

are you aware that not all elem schools do it the same way as your kids? [/quote]

Cite one APS elementary school wherein students have only one teacher for all classes. There isn't one. All of our elementary schools have different specials teachers for music, PE, art, and at least by a certain grade, science.[/quote]

OMG, let it go. Maybe the teachers change for subject, or maybe the room changes, but the CLASS never changes.   Its a blob of kids, usually under a PRIMARY elementary teacher that teaches most subjects.  And largely almost all homework will go to that PRIMARY teacher.  The art teacher and music teacher aren't assigning homework in any elementary school.

Once you get to high school, you have 7 different courses or so, with different teachers, rooms, and classes, and any one can assign homework on a variable schedule (art may have a weekly project, but math has nightly computation, etc).  And there is no one teacher aware of any one students full assignment load, and likely very few classmates with exactly the same schedule as well.  So it requires a lot more independence and coordination among that cohort of teachers.

Graded homework is important for showing that lessons and skills are taking root -- classwork done immediately after instruction is like monkey repetition -- its fresh and they can almost mimic what they just saw.  Doing it in a home setting, hours later, on their own tests how much persists and reinforces mental pathways, which will be closer to how it will be tested (days to weeks later, not immediately after instruction).[/quote]

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