Assignment tracking

[nellgirl]

I wasn't sure what to call it- homework tracking? Assignment tracking? Day-to-day work tracking?
If I don't track whether kids have actually completed daily assignments, they don't do it (well, a good chunk don't). I feel that it's important that they honour their responsibilities, and we spend lots of time talking about this.
I'd love to make this a student responsibility, but my grade 4s and 5s aren't there yet.
Currently, it's very paper-and-pencil. I have a class list where I write each assignment at the top and check it off when it gets turned in. If it's late, I highlight the slot, then check off when handed in. It's quite an onerous process.
Anyhow, what do you guys do to make sure that kids actually finish their stufff and hand their stuff in?

[nightandday]

I do the same thing as you for homework. It's difficult and most of the time, the work is just not handed in. My school does not emphasize homework. Well, let me be clear, I have a responsibility to assign it and check it, but it is known that students do not have to do it; there are no consequences for missing homework. I can't even lower their grade because of it, and will get a text or an email from an administrator if I dare assign homework on a Friday.

For classwork, I am going to try an online tracking system that I found (www.learnboost.com) I haven't started using it yet, but I am hopeful that it will be easier than what I've been doing.

[justkeepswimming]

Tracking and correcting student work, especially homework, is my least favorite part of the day a lot of the time. I don't feel like there is enough time to correct it in class, but I hate doing it myself, and feel like it doesn't help anyone if I don't get it corrected and returned within a day. I track the same way you do (fifth grade), but I'd love to find a better way.

[drink227]

I track in a checklist like you. I would love to find a better way.

I used to have a missing homework binder where each student had a page and had to list each assignment and why they didn't complete it. It became too much and took up too much time in the morning. But I liked being able to show it to parents at conferences.

[nachos]

Jun 27, 2017 4:47:02 GMT -5 nightandday said:

I do the same thing as you for homework. It's difficult and most of the time, the work is just not handed in. My school does not emphasize homework. Well, let me be clear, I have a responsibility to assign it and check it, but it is known that students do not have to do it; there are no consequences for missing homework. I can't even lower their grade because of it, and will get a text or an email from an administrator if I dare assign homework on a Friday.

For classwork, I am going to try an online tracking system that I found (www.learnboost.com) I haven't started using it yet, but I am hopeful that it will be easier than what I've been doing.

We just got the okay to begin mark deduction - but all teachers in our building must adopt the same policy.

Right now, most are still using paper/pencil tracking. I`m wondering if Google Classrooms might be more suited (I haven`t done much with it yet - my school is a little behind on such things).

I`m going to look at learnboost as well - it might be something else to consider!

[cherryvalance]

Jun 27, 2017 7:50:31 GMT -5 nachos said:

Jun 27, 2017 4:47:02 GMT -5 nightandday said:

I do the same thing as you for homework. It's difficult and most of the time, the work is just not handed in. My school does not emphasize homework. Well, let me be clear, I have a responsibility to assign it and check it, but it is known that students do not have to do it; there are no consequences for missing homework. I can't even lower their grade because of it, and will get a text or an email from an administrator if I dare assign homework on a Friday.

For classwork, I am going to try an online tracking system that I found (www.learnboost.com) I haven't started using it yet, but I am hopeful that it will be easier than what I've been doing.

We just got the okay to begin mark deduction - but all teachers in our building must adopt the same policy.

Right now, most are still using paper/pencil tracking. I`m wondering if Google Classrooms might be more suited (I haven`t done much with it yet - my school is a little behind on such things).

I`m going to look at learnboost as well - it might be something else to consider!

I'm at the HS level, so I can't speak to how well it would work for younger kids, but Classroom has made my life at least 10100101% easier this year.  It might be a little too much for 4th-5th graders. 

First, having parents sign up for guardian accounts has been a lifesaver, so they can follow along with class materials/posts and are always familiar with what we're doing on any given day. Second, it labels assignments as "not completed," "late," etc, highlighted in red.  It's been a lifesaver with parent conferences, since they can always see exactly where their kid is and I have a detailed report of what the students did and when. 

[imimahoney]

Everything my students do must fit into the following district aligned categories:

Critical thinking - short assignments
Critical thinking - long assignments (Dbq writing mostly)
Homework
Small and large assessments (quizzes, tests, research projects)

Each category has points awarded to it. For example, our hw category can not exceed 10%. I enter each assignment in my online grade book (we use powerschool) and grade it accordingly.

Some assignments are just given credit or not (for non-completion) rather than actual grades. If anything does not get done it's a zero.

If the student chooses to do nothing then the student will eventually fail.

[cabbage10]

We are trying something new this year. We have a program called Mastery Connect and it ties in with our standards. We are creating warm up questions that are similar but not identical to the previous night''s homework. The students will submit their answers either via App or using a laminated scantron where they hold it up to the webcam and it is automatically graded. The students get immediate feedback, we can see who understands the material without having to grade specific homework nightly and get reports based on standards I am high school though I'm not sure if something similar would work for younger grades

[jentervention]

I make sure I get a paper from every student no matter what. If they're not turning in work, they have to tell me why in writing. I keep those "excuses" in a folder. The next day my class secretary (one of my jobs) follows up with people who are missing work. If I don't get it at that point, I'll text the parent or message them on Class Dojo. Usually with a pic of their kid's excuse. Gets the job done for my 5th Graders, but it also worked when I taught middle school.

[sugarbear]

I use a mix of Google Classroom and Interactive Notebooks, so there is literally never a hard copy of anything that needs to be turned in physically. I check the INBs one a week and I can check Classroom whenever.