I bought GIANT magnetic clips at Walgreens last year and labeled
the names of each of my classes on the clips (1st period, 2nd
period, etc). I placed all the giant magnetic clips in a
desginated spot on my dry erase board. Whenever someone was
absent I simply put their name on it and "clipped" it in to
appropraite spot. It was their responisbility to check the
clips for make-up work. If there was a significant amount, I
would just clip an assignemtn sheet up their and tell them to
see me for the actual work. It worked well!

On 6/15/09, Homework Folder wrote:
> I write down the daily work/assignments and put absent
> students' worksheets into the folder with their names on it.
> The kids are responsible for copying down the assignments
> and/or grabbing the papers they need from the folder when
> they return. If they still have questions, they can come and
> ask me. I may remind them as a class to use the HW Folder the
> first few times, but after that, they're pretty much on their
> own.
>
> On 6/13/09, Ms.DTeaches wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I will be a first year history teacher in the fall and I am
>> trying to work out the details of my classroom management
>> plan. One area I find trouble with is a system for students
>> to find makeup work. My cooperating teacher has a calendar
>> where she posts a sticky note with what we did and has a
>> folder where worksheets used are stored. In theory, this
>> system is great but most of the students did not use it as
>> it was meant.
>>
>> Does anyone have great ideas for this?
>>
>> Thanks!

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