<p>Well, my 6th grader does fine with knowing what she has to do and for when, and with bringing the required materials home. But when the homework and long-term project load is great, she needs help planning out her days and setting intermediate goals so everything will all get done and completed on time. For example, I’ll say things like, “Remember that you have X activity on Sat. and Y event on Sun., so you’d better al least finish the poster for your science project on Friday after school.” Parents who aren’t aware of what their child has to do and don’t supervise somewhat, tend to be the ones finishing said poster at 1 AM. There may be some brave souls who let their children take the consequences of disorganization, but I don’t know many. Zeros are too scary.</p>