I find that most of my DS5's K homework seems to be "make sure all the moms and/or dads are involved in their kids' schoolwork" assignments. It's not generally "real" work, or even practice to help them learn specific skills. (Some writing practice, but nothing else seems to be practice-oriented.)
I have mixed feelings about this...It's too close to busywork for my taste, but I understand the need to keep parents involved in the process.
<shrug> As long as they keep it to a minimum time commitment--a few minutes per night and only a couple of nights a week, I accept it as a necessary evil. It gets worse as they get older, but I'm pretty sure we're not sticking around this particular school that long...
