When I taught first grade, I would check the papers myself but all papers were returned on Friday in a green folder. By doing this the parents knew when to expect the papers. I had a form where I tried to write a comment about each child each week. I would try to put all my communication in the Friday folder. The child had to bring back the Friday folder on Monday.
I passed out the daily homework just before the students left for lunch. That was placed in a red folder so that they were sure of where it went. The homework was passed out just before lunch because the end of the day is so busy. There are also children who have to leave early for dentist appt. etc. Each morning the children took their homework out of their red folders and passed it in. Each table had a captain who kept track of the homework. After I checked the homework each day, I (or an upper grade studented) filed it into a box and then I could just pulled out the homework at the end of the week for the Friday folders. I really never had children check their own homework. I felt that if it was too much for me to do then maybe I was giving too much homework. It is also hard to check all of the students work every day. By sending home the Friday folder, I gave myself time to get everything checked. Jeanne > Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:09:33 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOSAIC] First Grade Homework > > I was wondering about ideas for checking homework for first grade class. > Currentlystudents place their h.w. in a h.w. folder in a h.w. basket I spend > my lunch hour marking the h.w. and then putting in the following night's h.w. > It's difficult to do in the AM as I have about 15 students in for the 37 > 1/2 min extra help required in NYC. Some children skip some days, others > come late. I hate to wait unil the end of the day, because it can get late > and hectic. > > Any ideas that work? When they come in from Kinder, they have had the h.w. > placed in their folders for them by the Kinder paras. I don't have a para > and may have 28 students this year. I think it's too much for them to mark > their own. If I start walking around checking each folder, I'm afraid it > will be too time consuming! > > Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
