I had that problem a few years ago. Solution....assign a teacher, clerk, custodian, lunch lady be a parent mentor and do the job of signing. Sometimes this embarrasses the parents but in my particular, inner city situation the problems are so extensive that it doesn't.
Good luck! Alice Cortigiano Celentano Museum Academy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of LaRue, Carrie Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 12:58 PM To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. Subject: Re: [LIT] Homework? What do you do when a student doesn't turn it in? How are you sure the student is reading and the parent isn't just signing without being sure the reading has been completed? We've dealt with some of these issues in our elementary school. One teacher at our middle school has the students complete a reading log, but she isn't getting many of the students to complete the reading. ________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Cindy & Ryan Pickering Sent: Wed 12/24/2008 11:29 AM To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. Subject: Re: [LIT] Homework? I teach 6th grade reading, and my students are required to read 20 minutes a night for a total of 100 minutes a week. Last year I did not have any accountability for this and I don't think most of the kids were reading. This year they have to turn in how many minutes they read and it's signed by their parents. It's a real pain trying to get these all collected each week, but from their conversations they are reading a lot more, so it's worth it. -----Original Message----- From: Lee Winik [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 8:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LIT] Homework? I have been doing some reading from another network I belong too about the homework debate. I was wondering what practices everyone employs for giving out homework and whether it is successful or not? Is it becoming a pointless exercise? Does it significantly impact learning? I know it may have been discussed already but how does one make homework more purposeful or meaningful to students? _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org <http://www.literacyworkshop.org/> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
