


Others may go home and serve as the primary caregiver to younger siblings.

Does the homework require extra supplies at home? Some students can’t go to the craft store to get supplies.or busy work? Let’s be honest, there is a lot of homework that really is not tied to essential standards. If we have not checked to make sure our students have learned the skills needed to complete their homework, then it is unreasonable and unfair to hold students accountable to do the work. Students cannot complete what they do not know how to do. Are you sure our students have learned the skills required to complete the homework? Homework is to reinforce what a child has learned, not to teach the concept.Before jumping to this conclusion, I recommend a school staff consider the following questions. how do we motivate them to do their homework?” While there are certainly students at every school that lack the self-responsibility to get their work done, it is misleading and often inaccurate to assume student desire is the primary cause of missing homework. Whenever I present on effective interventions, one of the most common questions I receive is: “Too many of our students just won’t try.
