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From http://leesensei.edublogs.org

Colleen Lee-Hayes writes, “I’ve erased that portion of my board that used to be titled ‘homework’ and put up the word ‘preparation’. In my class outlines I removed the word and replaced with ‘next day preparation’. In student monitor speeches (it’s a Japanese way to start a class) they no longer mention if there was homework but now say “we had things to prepare for today’s class”. It is all designed to instill in the students that what they do outside of class is important for what we do inside the classroom. That they have a role in how the class functions. That they also have a job to do in preparing to learn. They may not have something to prepare for every day, but when they do it needs to be done for their role in class to proceed as effectively as possible.”

Read more on her change in perspective and its impact on student learning in her blog post: http://leesensei.edublogs.org/2016/10/21/why-my-year1s-dont-know-the-word-for-homework-they-do-know-the-word-preparation/#.WBJBotzHs5Q