Do you go through h/work with your dc so that mistakes are corrected, or let them take it in as they've done it?

[emkana]

Should the teacher see the mistakes they are making?

[FAQinglovely]

I send it in as they've done it.

[misdee]

i send it in as is. i dont correct it. then when teacher has marked it, if an mistaker talk about it

[Jas]

I generally send it in as is, but do check it and when dd1 has got every single sum wrong because she didn't understand the questions, I will try and explain and get her to redo it, but still leave the original wrong attempt in her book.

[Niftyblue]

I ask DD to re-check it
If she still thinks the incorrect answer is right I go through it with her
And make a comment at the bottom saying she had help

[ingles2]

I correct their spellings and with ds2 I go through his archaeology topic and make him put in capital letters and full stops.
I probably shouldn't, but they both ask me to check it with them.

[smartiejake]

My Dds maths teacher doesn't even mark homework herself-the kids swap books and mark each others while she barks out the answers- such a worthwhile use of time .She doesn't even find out how many they got wrong so it wouldn't make any difference if I marked it or not!

[pointydog]

If I know how to do th e homework, I explain it to the dds so that they know how to do it and thenm it's done correctly. That's what they want me to do.

If I can't help (which sometimes happens with dd1's high school maths homework), I write a little note saying dd1 did not understand how to work it out.

[Lmccrean]

depends. DD has to write a few sentances about dragons and I left it as she wrote it and put a post-it on it saying i knew about spelling errors, but she was so proud of spelling it all herself, Id leave it til following night and go over them with her. (DDs 6) With maths or fill in the word out of this selection, I go through it and help her fix and explaion why, as I doubt the teacher has the time to go through and explain why it was incorrect

[FairyMum]

I do the homework myself and send it in.

[emkana]

FairyMum are you serious?

[smee]

FM lol, what a good idea

[cory]

Mine are 8 and 12 years old, so I tend to see homework as their responsibility. Though when dd is doing a project I may point out that we have relevant books at home. If they ask for help I'll try to explain but not to correct. Teacher doesn't want to know whether I can spell.

When dd was younger I had to help her to explain things because she was off sick so much.

But on the whole, I leave them to it.

[blondie80]

i check it and make dd rub it out and re-try the things she has got wrong.

the teacher doesn't have time to go through the homework, so i would prefer dd to know she's made some mistakes.

though i'm may be quite cruel, because if dd handwriting isn't neat i also make her rub it out and do it again.

[willali]

Blondie - I'm [shocked] at teacher not having time to go through homework - what's the bleeding point of setting it then???!!! I thought the whole point of homework was to either do extension work or consolidate what has been done in class - either of which, when done, will show any issues the child has with the subject matter, spelling, whatever IF the teacher actually looks at it!! HAve you raised this with your school as it just doesn't sound right to me.

IMO there is no point in a child going to school with perfect work every time - it only masks any difficulties there may be. I make sure it has been done but intervention stops there - if there have been particular difficulties I write a note in the homework diary or have a quick word with teacher

[Reallytired]

My son's teachers have always been reasonably concienous about marking. I think Blondie90's dd is very unlucky.

I think with correcting mistakes you have to strike a balance between helping your child and not correcting so many mistakes they become demoralised.

I let my son hand his homework in as it is. Its his work. I am sure his teacher realises that.

[bellavita]

DH always checks the homework. If there are mistakes he will talk through them with DS2 but he won't give him the correct answers, will just explain the questions to him so that DS2 is able to understand them and answer correctly.

He also did this with DS1 who is now Yr7.

[dancingbear]

I help them correct their mistakes (I mean I make sure they understand the method and processes required to obtain the correct answer) in maths - I'm not bothered about silly mistakes, writing exercises are sent in just as they do them.

[Hulababy]

What age?

DD is 6y and in Y2. I do go through homework, and offer guidance and support. I figure that in the classroom children get support with their work and help to correct it, etc. Therefore I do the same as I would when helping in a classroom.

I treat the whole think as a bit of a learning opportunity between me and DD at present.

This seems to work very well for us.

[Reallytired]

Hulababy, I doult that you correct every mistake. Usually with a particular homework there is a particular emphasis on something, for example using interesting adjectives.

If my son is coming up with fanastic adjectives, I won't demoralise him by constantly correcting his spelling. In this particular homework the teacher is wanting the child to use the most interesting words they can think of. I would rather that my son makes a good phonetically plausible attempt at a brilliant word than be conservative and opt for the most easy word to spell.

Similarly if my son's teacher wants him to concentrate on captial letters and then I will worry less about him making mistakes with punctuation.

[Hulababy]

Well, yes of course. I would never and have never corrected every single thing in a piece of work be it with DD or with the children I work with.

I was just stating that I do, and will continue to, help and support DD with homework - as I treat it as a learning time similar to what she would have at school, especially whilst in primary school.

As you say it would depend on the focus of the homework's learning objectives.

[Smithagain]

I point out mistakes and encourage her to correct them, within reason, and appropriate to the type of work (don't correct every single spelling on something where spelling is not the learning point, for example).

But I try and make sure it's reasonably obvious that something has been corrected. So she puts a line through things and writes the correction next to it, rather than rubbing out and obliterating mistakes.

[Judy1234]

I can't be bothered or I'm not here to check it a lot of the time. I think when you're up to child number 5 it gets too much. I never looked at a single piece of GCSE course work for the 3 older children either and yet some children their parents do the course work. If I'm there and they need help I will give assistance and on occasion I've done the homework if we're short of time or something if it's typed. Also depends on the child. Some you're just grateful they've finished. Others you could indeed point out every mistake without hurting their ego as there aren't many