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[sezen887]

Hi all!



If you had a student who never does his homework and you were unhappy about that,what would you do?What kind of strategies would you apply according to the modern principles of teaching?Im waiting answers from both current teachers and prospective teachers:)See you,Bye

-Sezen

[javamomma]

I teach 3rd grade and this is what I do:
My homework is Every Tuesday night and is math:

Due Date, no homework - A notebook sign (my behavior plan that is in place.)
1st day late: Still take homework but -5 points.
2nd day late: STill take homework but -10 points.
After 2nd day late I wont take it and it is a zero.

[sezen887]

I teach 3rd grade and this is what I do:
My homework is Every Tuesday night and is math:

Due Date, no homework - A notebook sign (my behavior plan that is in place.)
1st day late: Still take homework but -5 points.
2nd day late: STill take homework but -10 points.
After 2nd day late I wont take it and it is a zero.

I think the student who never cares about the homework that is given,is not triggered with this strategy that you mentioned above.I think,there must be more brillant ideas to make this student feel himself responsible and this responsibility must be inner,of course in the later stages of process..Anyway,thnks again,Sharon..If you have a good idea,pls feel free to share it..Take care,see you

[javamomma]

I realize that they may not be triggered by this, but their grade will reflect the amount of effort put into school. I have actually had a parent question a low math grade and when I printed his grades off I had several 0's. I told the parent the only thing they needed to work on was getting homework done. For 3rd graders, they need parent encouragement and pushing to get work done. I cannot expect them to just do it because it is the right thing to do.

[RichBurzynski]

I teach 7th grade (both Gifted and talented and general ed) and use a variety of ways to assess students. I have students who never do their homework but still can earn a C for the class BUT they must do very very well in all other aspects of the class. Example:

Here is my grading policy for general ed.
HW-25%
Tests/Quizzes 25%
Projects (in class major) 15%
Classwork- 15%
Writing- 20%

*Incedentals- Behavior, attitude, willingness to cooperate etc 5%*

I realize that this adds up to 105% and it should. The incidentals is a part of the grade that can only HELP not hurt your grade. Does this make sense?

The grading policy for my gifted and talented students is similar except that I do not give HW nightly.. I give it to them in the beginning of the marking period.. 30 assignments on day one of the marking period. They can hand them in as they wish (before the due date which is usually a week before the marking period ends) other than that, the grading policy is the same...

I have also experimented with the homework log. This is a log that parent, student and teacher all sign 2 times. first to show they read it (or copied it) then to show they did it. shoot me a PM and I will explain this further.
Hope this helps.

[sezen887]

I am lost about this homework log,pls shed light on this issue...I believe that GRADING isnt a driving force for a student to do his homework..

[RichBurzynski]

Ok I will do my best to explain the HW log.

Basically you inform the parents that the child is not doing their HW and that you want to do whatever you can to help him/her. The idea that you came up with is a HW log...

Student gets a notebook and writes his/her HW in the log followed by their initials/signature etc... you sign the log verifying that he/she indeed copied it correctly... (I usually highlight the HW as well as some of my kids can get sneaky and erase the HW later) The student has to then get the log signed by the parents/guardians later that night.

The next day if the student did not do their HW, you sign that they did not do it and it needs a parents signature. If they do not come back with a parents signature for the missing assignments, call home and let them know.

A parent will usually make their child do some kind of HW. My philosophy is anything is better than nothing. I can work with something...
Does this make sense?

[AAA Teacher Forum]

A couple of thoughts...

Our students purchase planners. This small fee is part of their enrollment $$ at the beginning of the school year. On every day, there is a place for a parent signature. Whether or not this sigature is required us up to the individual teachers. I personally do not require a signature.

This is how I handle homework and parent notification in my classroom...

All homework assignments must be in the Finished Work basket by 8:45 on the morning they are due. Work handed in after our morning check-in will be considered late. Placed on a poster in our room, each student will have a pocket of “Late Homework Slips.” There are four slips contained within this pocket. If a student has a late assignment, they must complete the slip, get a parent’s signature, attach the slip to the completed late work and hand it in the following day. Four late assignments within a six-week period results in a parent/teacher conference. At the end of each six-week period, student’s pockets will be replenished with new late slips. (This will give them four new opportunities.)

If you are interested in more detail about homework, you can visit the Q & A page of my classroom website: http://schools.dcsdk12.org/education/components/faq/faq.php?sectiondetailid=2145&sc_id=1166802734

Jennifer

[Helper]

First, if you have set an objective of having and completing homework each Tuesday, Wednesday, Thrusday, or Friday. The student is well aware of this fact. I like to let the parent/parents know in the beginning of the year that each Whatever day you set homework will be sent out and your expectation. As far as grading the achievement of doing the work you need to address and set the guidelines for each event. This way there is no question and everyone can become a winner.

[MzTeech]

Homework is practice of what has been taught in class. Homework should not weigh as heavily as a test or quiz. Classwork is done in class, with a time limit, and is done independently so should carry more weight than homework but not as much as a test. A syllabus or homework website is very handy for keeping students/parents on track.

[owenbprince]

I am lost about this homework log,pls shed light on this issue...I believe that GRADING isnt a driving force for a student to do his homework..

When I was in grade 1-6 I lived in a one bedroom shack with 12 people and no indoor plumbing. My parents only went to grade 9 and did not think school was important. I had no encoragement from my parents to do homework. We had no table to eat on, I slept on the floor and had no pot to pee in. (outhouse only in Canadian winters). We had a bath once every three weeks at a grandmothers house. I think most people would undersand why I did not do homework -but I had a teacher in grade four that hit me with a yard stick every day for not doing home work. You are correct in your statment when you say that grading is NOT a driving force for students to do homework. In some cases you will not be able to do anything to motivate a student to do home work if the home life is bad. I learned from what was done in class by a few teachers that cared enought to take the time to help me during school hours.:(

[teacher333]

I teach 3rd grade and this is what I do:
My homework is Every Tuesday night and is math:

Due Date, no homework - A notebook sign (my behavior plan that is in place.)
1st day late: Still take homework but -5 points.
2nd day late: STill take homework but -10 points.
After 2nd day late I wont take it and it is a zero.

Our parents would be screaming to the Superintendent with that, they would not even stop at the Principal's office! Is that your school policy or just your classroom policy? I would love to implement it in my 5th grade group.

[landreth2007]

I have taught every grade from K to 5th (where I am currently). Homework is dealt with differently for each age. In kindergarten, my concern was that they learn how to do and be responsible for returning homework. In K and 1st grade I kept a sticker chart and the students were rewarded when they reached a certain number of stickers. We tried to teach parents how to set up a special place to do homework and the routines needed to help their child.

By the time they get to 5th grade I expect more. I do not give a lot of homework and try not to overload at one time. Homework is 25% of their grade (district policy) and this year it has been a HUGE issue. We have had to resort to giving detention when homework is not returned. We give the students a homework pass each grading period which does not get them out of doing it but gives them 1 extra day in which to return the assignment. One of our teachers automatically takes 50% off the grade for 1 day late and a 0% after that. I prefer to take off 20% for the 1st day late and then the 0. You can't wait too long. It never helps and just drives you crazy asking for it every day.

Our students have assignment folders that we made where they write their assignments each day. Anything not returned warrants a note in the folder which has to be signed and returned. At least then the parents can't claim they didn't know when report cards go home. I am always happy to print off a student's grades showing the missing homework. I don't even mind averaging the grade without the 0's to show what a difference it would have made.

It would be nice if I could say that all this work has changed things. Not so. I wrote out 15 detention slips for missing or incomplete assignments today. Lest you panic, that was for 110 students not just one class. I was not a happy camper.

If you come up with a fool proof plan let me know. We'll write a book and get rich!

[anyalee]

This still doesn't answer the main question- I have 2 students who do this and another one is getting transferred into my class tomorrow. The student sits there and is well behaved & even seems like they are working. However, they NEVER turn in any classwork or homework. Thus, they are getting a 20% or less in my class. What do we do for those students? One of them is already repeating the 7th grade so she CAN'T fail again this year- she will automatically be promoted. How can I get her to work???

[teach1027]

We have a schoolwide policy. If they turn it in the next day it is accepted with points off, after that it is a 0 no exceptions. It works.

[Chef Dave]

Hi all!



If you had a student who never does his homework and you were unhappy about that,what would you do?What kind of strategies would you apply according to the modern principles of teaching?Im waiting answers from both current teachers and prospective teachers:)

Plan a really fun hands-on activity for your class. If the activity is food related, so much the better. Tell the student in question that you wish he could participate but since he hasn't completed his assignments, he'll have to sit out and use this time more productively.

I have found that this technique works quite well with elementary students. It also works with high school students.

To avoid problems with parents, tell the students about this activity at least one day in advance. Make sure that everyone knows that they have to be current with all of their assignments. By doing this, you will avoid accusations that you're "picking" on any particular student. The student will have had the opportunity to complete his work and participage. If he chooses not to complete his work, he will suffer the consequences ... and if by some miracle he does complete his work, then by all means reward him by allowing him to participate.

[kingrichie]

My students have a daily agenda. Each day they must copy the assigned homework down into their agendas. Each night parents are to initial below the assigned work. If I still have a child who won't do the work, I try to contact the parents and the child starts to loose privileges.

[roz797]

I teach secondary school level. When I have GCSE pupils who do not hand in coursework, which forms 20% of final mark, I send a letter home to the parents. It doesn't make me popular but it gets the coursework in and ultimately gets the pupils working towards their desired grade.
At Key Stage 3 level I try to make the homework as interesting as possible. If pupils find the work engaging, they will do it. One class at the moment is researching 'Dracula'. A couple of pupils have actually completed early!
If KS3 pupils do not hand in homework, I write in homework diaries and ask for parents to sign when they have read my comments.

[Chef Dave]

If you had a student who never does his homework and you were unhappy about that,what would you do?

I teach high school culinary arts. I rarely give homework because most of what we do is hands-on. With this being said, I do give homework when students miss a class. If the assignment was textbook oriented, they get a textbook and worksheet. If the assignment was culinary, they get a recipe and production assignment.

The students have 5 school days to complete the assignment. Failure to complete the culinary assignment results in a 0/F. Failure to complete the written assignment means they sit of class on the 5th day to work on the assignment. They then get a culinary assignment (for having missed that day's activity) and a production list.

I teach at a rural school with very conservative values. We have a strict no tolerance policy regarding assignments. We also have a no pass - no play policy. Students who are missing assignments or students who are failing are barred from participation in an extracurricular activity.

We don't care whether the person in question is captain of the cheer leading squad or the quarterback of the football team. No pass no play means exactly that - no exceptions. If we wind up losing a game because of that, so be it. Academics come first.

Students who are unable to do their work at school are expected to do their work at home. Students who choose not to do their work at home will suffer the consequences of failing grades.