Teacher Tip: Absent Work Folders
Whether students are missing classes in December due to illness or travel, you’re bound to have more than a few absences throughout the month. Consider creating an Absent Work Folder system either on a bulletin board or crate in your classroom. When you hand out new assignments or return papers, put a copy (with the student’s name) in the absent work folder for anyone who isn’t there. With older students, you could even have a classroom helper do this job. Then when a student returns, anything he or she missed is in one spot and can be found without help from you!
–Claire Lambert
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16. December 2009 at 17:16
I like this idea and will be specifically asking one of my mature and somewhat un-engaged students to do this for me. This will be a positive role for her and give her something very concrete to offer the class community. It will help me too, so it will be a win-win — my favorite situation!