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They knew they had to do it anyway, and no one wants to sit after school doing homework. Sean said that this was pretty effective in getting the kids to do homework on the night it was assigned.

I believe he said that this was a school wide policy. In a discussion with Sean Sweeny at the airport (yes, we were all still talking math right up until we got on the plane), he told me that if one of his students doesn’t do their homework they have to stay after school or to do a study hall to make it up. Seventh graders can be quite persistent, and homework incompletion was no exception. My second problem was that I thought that filling out yellow sheets would thwart most of my errant homework kids, but it did not. So, unless a student was very obvious (no homework several times in a week), I missed accumulating homework incompletion. The biggest problem was that I just stacked these in a pile and didn’t really look at them until the end of the trimester. This took almost no time and was a record, in their own handwriting, of who had not done their work. I just collected the yellow sheets and then recorded it at the end of the trimester. This was a great idea, as I never had to “record” who didn’t do their homework. Then, I had students fill out this yellow slip when they didn’t do their homework. I totally stole it, but but made it into a half page to save paper and made it YELLOW. Last year, I saw an amazing Student Responsibility Card on Hedge’s blog. For most kids, this is a real grade booster as 50 points is equivalent to a test grade in my class. For their grade, I start them out with 50 points at the beginning of the trimester and dock then two points everytime they miss an assignment. I just check it for completion as they are doing a “bell ringer” activity. It also allows me to tell them that I all already know the answer, I want to see HOW they came up with that answer.Īs they already have the answers, I do not grade homework. I like them to check their answers as they work so they know when if they are doing it correctly. Several of us give the students the answers when assigning homework. We were all more concerned that students attempted the problems. No one is totally happy with their system, but here were some common themes. The homework discussion came up over and over at #TMC12. The students get tons of practice while moving around the room. Viola! I have quick and easy, color coordinated Math Stations. I insert the Stations into clear picture frames for easy viewing (and sharing) and then tape the answers up in a central location. I glue stick the answers onto the matching colored “Answer” sheets and fold them in half. (One half is to glue the questions on, one side is to glue the answers on.) I cut the worksheet into 6 pieces and then glue stick them onto the Station Templates. I print off the Station Templates onto colored paper and cut them in half.

Ispeak 2013 edition free pdf full#

My “teacher edition math book” is of course FULL of these. ** This is totally optional as students can simply do the work in their notebooks.įirst, I find a worksheet that has all of the topics I am interested in working on. For easy stations, you can make fabulous math stations in a fraction of the time by simply cutting up a worksheet into 5 or 6 pieces. I LOVE Math Stations and wrote all about them before.