CNM, thanks for the info. Wow, some good ideas. Do you have your son correct his homework if it's incorrect? I've just been leaving it because it's the end of the day and he tends to be a little melty at that time, but maybe I should push him to make corrections.
FWIW, we went through something similar with my DD when she was in first grade (she's now 16). We found that after a full day at school and struggling through her spelling/writing assignments, she just didn't have anymore to give. Depending upon the assignment, we sometimes went back and corrected things over the weekend. As she got older, we would have her make more corrections but even then, we tended to focus on one thing at a time, i.e. if we were working on capitalization, then we did't focus on spelling for that exercise.
If you feel that your kid is "melty", then it's probably not the right time to push anything. You're just setting yourself up for battles that will drain both you and your kid.
