Julie Allard
T O P I C :
Make-Up Work
Julie Poses the Question. . . .
October 17, 2007
Does anyone have a good idea for keeping up with students that have been absent and their make-up work?
Jessica Skordal answers....
October 25, 2007
I have often struggled with students who do not return class work and have continuous absences. The policy that I have found most effective is to simply establish a procedure from the get-go. If the students understand exactly what they need to do in order to make up an assignment, the continuous questions and interference seem to lessen. I have a folder that is designated the make-up work folder. No matter what we do on a particular day, I write it up and place it in the homework folder. Therefore, the student understands what we did for the day and knows what they need to do in order to make it up. If a student says, "What did I miss yesterday," I simply refer them to the folder and move on with class. It has worked fantastically!!
Michael Figueroa answers....
October 26, 2007
For myself, it's been helpful for me to just have my own little notepad handy to write down any important information that I need to remember for the next day. With that in hand, you could write down what student was absent and what work they need to be making up.
It was also helpful to me that my mentor set up a system where I print off any materials I use for a certain day and file them in folders according to the day I used them. This helps when a student comes up and asks me what we did the day before. I just go to that folder and hand them anything they may need.
Sabrina Schaefer answers....
October 27, 2007
In our classes we have an agenda that has the homework written down every day. If a student is absent, it is their responsibility to check the agenda and write down in their agenda what they missed. If it was a worksheet or some kind of hand out, then they get that out of the basket that is next to the agenda. Then they turn make-up or late work into another basket that is also next to the agenda. It seems to work well, but we have to remind them to check the agenda when they have missed class. We make sure to print extra worksheets and then put some in the basket so there will always be make-up work in the make-up work basket for those that were absent.
Adam Bumstead answers....
October 29, 2007
One of the hardest things to keep up with as a teacher is make-up work for absent students. I can only attest to what has worked for me. With everything going on during a school day I find myself forgetting to keep track of who is gone on a day-to-day basis. I have resorted making sure that I check the grade book and write down all of the absences for the day, whether they be excused or unexcused. Before I leave school, I make a master list of all who were absent and what each one of them missed. I will admit that is tough at times to remind myself to do all of this. However, I also informed my students that it is their responsibility to come to me and get their make-up work. I told them that I would have it ready for them when they come back, but if they do not come to me and get their work, then they will have a zero in the grade book until they come and get it. More importantly, when it comes to a make-up quiz or test, it is my responsibility to make sure that the students complete them. Formal assessments are worth too much of a student's grade to let them get a zero on them. The key is to get an organized method and then stick with it.
Megan McGrew answers....
November 4, 2007
My mentor teacher leaves it entirely up to the student. She has a calendar on the board that has exactly what we do each day, and it is the student's responsibility to go up to the calendar and see what they missed and then tell the teacher what it is they need from her or to schedule a make-up test. Students have exactly one week to make up any work they have missed, or it will be a zero.
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