Address Labels Save Time
Sticky-backed address labels prepared in advance can be real timesavers; they can save you from writing the same note over and over. For example, when students need to remember a date (e.g., the date a permission slip or other form needs to be returned or the date of a special event), create address labels with the need-to-know information on them. Have students attach those labels to their assignment logs or to their lunch boxes or anything else they carry home with them. You might use fluorescent-colored address labels, which are more difficult to ignore. You also can prepare labels that keep students informed about after-school extra-help times. Or use a pre-prepared label to let parents know students came to class unprepared; you might ask parents to initial the label to indicate that they are aware of the problem.
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Put a Stamp on Your Priorities
What are the important things you look for when grading student work? What are the things you and other teachers on your team have decided are most important? Once you decide, order a rubber stamp that lists them. For example, if you have decided that the most important things for students to pay attention to in their written work are spelling, punctuation, and neatness, have a stamp created that looks like this:
_______ SpellingUse the stamp to stamp each piece of student work. Then grade students on those important elements. You might use a letter grade, a check or check-plus, or any other grading system to focus students on your teams main goals.
_______ Punctuation
_______ Neatness
Make Correcting Easier
Too many papers to correct? Looking for ways to ease the task? In many cases you can ease the job by having students create a special answer area on their papers. That can be done by folding the paper to create a small column on the right side of the page. This works especially well with math activities; you still have the computation work on the page to refer to if you have any questions about students arrived at their answers.
No More Worksheet Disasters
Have you made the mistake of writing on, or handing out, the master copy of a student work sheet you want to use again next year? Avoid the problem next time by using a yellow highlighter to write the word MASTER on your master copy of each work sheet. The word MASTER will remind you not to write on the work sheet or hand it out; and the transparent highlighter will not show up on photocopies.
Article by Linda Starr
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