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Assign homework projects that require the parents to work with their child, building a positive collaborative relationship between home and school.

For the younger grades, having the parents read with their children for 15-20 minutes each night.

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How can we hold our students accountable for doing their homework?

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10 minutes x grade level

Giving the students a week to complete the assignments.

Giving the homework ahead of time to give the students time to do the work.

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Students should have homework that helps them to develop and enhance their skills with:
- developing good study habits
- fostering a positive attitude towards school
- communicating to students the idea that learning takes place at home

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Homework extends and expands learning beyond the school day.

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Homework improves student achievement.

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Students in the upper elementary grades should have content homework including:
- reading to build fluency and comprehension
- multiplication
- division

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The United States is underperforming other countries such as, Germany, France and Japan.

We should try as educators to help close the gap between countries.

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Students in the younger grades should have homework involving:
- letter sounds
- reading
- sight words
- number recognition