<p>Perhaps he’s settling into the kid he’s going to be? 6th grade is a good time to help establish good study habits. Set aside routine time in his schedule and let him do his homework and studying distracted in a consistent location. In 6th grade it doesn’t need to be a terribly long time, you can advice from the teachers about this but if memory serves me they don’t need more than an hour at most. It’s fine still in 6th grade to “check it over” when the homework is completed but you shouldn’t need to sit with him. One way to work with the teacher on the daydreaming not paying attention is to see if they will sit him in the front of the class (if he’s not already doing that).</p>