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Healthful LIving--For absent work have a folder you put their work in as you hand it out to the rest of the class. Then for missing work I always place a missing indicator in PowerSchool Gradebook and then I can just run a missing assignment report.

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Healthful Living--I agree starting with bellringers is great, it allows the students to get focused and you time to get attendance. Another thing that helps is an absent folder. This has cut down drastically the age old questions "I was absent did I miss anything?" They know to go to the folder and grab any handouts and they can look on our notebook checklist for any hand written notes they may have to copy from a peer.

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Something that may help the absent work thing... make yourself a seating chart and cover it with a transparency.  I take attendance and homework checks on the transparency and then transfer it to a real gradebook (actually, I made it in Excel) later, when there's time to do it.  Keeping it in the computer is not as convenient.

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Something that may help the absent work thing... make yourself a seating chart and cover it with a transparency.  I take attendance and homework checks on the transparency and then transfer it to a real gradebook (actually, I made it in Excel) later, when there's time to do it.  Keeping it in the computer is not as convenient.

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Model the behavior you expect from your kids.  If you want them to do things on time, grade their work on time.  If you want them to be prepared, be prepared.  Kids respect a teacher who does his/her homework.  I hear stories all the time about the fact that I'm the only teacher who gets their papers back on time and I'm wondering why.  What does it say to a kid when you put them on the back burner... but expect them to put you in the front?

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Model the behavior you expect from your kids.  If you want them to do things on time, grade their work on time.  If you want them to be prepared, be prepared.  Kids respect a teacher who does his/her homework.  I hear stories all the time about the fact that I'm the only teacher who gets their papers back on time and I'm wondering why.  What does it say to a kid when you put them on the back burner... but expect them to put you in the front?

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One thing that has worked for me is allowing my students to have some phone/chill time for the last 5 minutes of class if they've all been on task and doing their work.

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I am struggling to keep track of absent work (other than having zeros in the gradebook) and tracking who needs to makeup which assignments.

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I found that my students couldn't sit in groups because they were off task. :(

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I would like to adjust my bellringers by setting a timer so that students know they have X amount of time to get started on the bellringer.

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I start with bellringers too! It gives them a review and an idea of what the lesson will be about.  It gets them started and in the learning mindset as soon as they come in.

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I start with bellringers too! It gives them a review and an idea of what the lesson will be about.  It gets them started and in the learning mindset as soon as they come in.

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ATTENTION GETTER! I sing the starting lyrics to a pop song and they have to finish the lyric and stand by the time it's done to get the point for their section.

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Bell ringers! It gets the students focused and engaged so they know daily that it's the first thing that have to do. It also gives me time to do attendance, quick-check homework, etc...We almost always review answers to the questions and I take up the bell work sheet every other week.

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Bell ringers! It gets the students focused and engaged so they know daily that it's the first thing that have to do. It also gives me time to do attendance, quick-check homework, etc...We almost always review answers to the questions and I take up the bell work sheet every other week.

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This time of year I am struggling with getting student motivated. With spring break around the corner the lack of motivation has become very noticeable.

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Cell phones are a challenge for me too. I feel that this is a constant battle and it is hard to have students understand the balance. I do not mind students having them out during classwork but students are so dependent on the phones they are out all the time!

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Another strategy that works well is to have students sit in groups.  This allows students to work together and collaborate with each other.  This also holds them more accountable.  

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Another strategy that works well is to have students sit in groups.  This allows students to work together and collaborate with each other.  This also holds them more accountable.  

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One strategy that works well is to give students a unit plan of all the dates and topics that will be covered in the unit.  

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One strategy that works well is to give students a unit plan of all the dates and topics that will be covered in the unit.  

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FACS - one strategy I have that works well is keeping an agenda on the board every day. Students know what to expect and we are more likely to get through it all if it's written up there.

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FACS - one strategy I have that works well is keeping an agenda on the board every day. Students know what to expect and we are more likely to get through it all if it's written up there.

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A huge challenge for me is phones! How to manage that many students with phones out, especially when you do use phones for class work?

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A huge challenge for me is phones! How to manage that many students with phones out, especially when you do use phones for class work?

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Theatre Arts-I give students specific time to complete activities. Transitions are timed. 

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Theatre Arts-I give students specific time to complete activities. Transitions are timed. 