As a teacher, what would you do if a student fails to bring his/her homework to class?

Answer 1

If this were a regular occurance, I would tell the student that he/she could not take the exam on the material until all the assignments are completed. It is like football players practicing all week so that they can be prepared to play the game on Friday night. No practice, no play. No assignments, no test. I taught for 37 years and believe me this process is effective.

Answer 2

Is this a constant problem or a one time problem? For a one time problem, you could just ignore it, or send a note home informing the parents that their students forgot their homework- it is forgiven once, but if it continues, their grade will be lowered.
If it is consistent, I hope that the parents have already been notified previously, becuase what they hate most is not having being informed about the behavior previously. If homework is part of the grade, the teacher has to hold up to their syllabus- Does the student do well in class otherwise? or are the grades also slipping on tests? Detention also helps- They need to come to class after school and do the missing homework then, and hopefully work on tomorrow's homework and if they finish, leave there for tomorrow- sometimes some students just need a little help.

Answer 3

Depends....
Why not?
Did the child know how?
How long did the child know about the assignment?
Is this a first time or a regular occurance?
What is the school policy?
Does the teacher have a written class policy?

Im a teacher. I have taught for several years. I would LOVE to say I have a set policy on this sort of thing, but I dont. Unfortunately, not all children go home to great homes. Some dont go to homes at all. You have to look at ever circumstance.

As a teacher, what do I do? Sometimes I give them detentions, zeroes, look the other way, call home, assign additional assignments.

Answer 4

5% off if he/she provides it by the end of the class. 10% for every day late until student reaches 40%...then no longer accept the work. Put it in writing, create a homework policy and go over that policy, do a Q&A that will promote student questions to make sure the policy is fully understood. Word the policy in such a way that it is very easily understood. Cover your side by communicating your ideas fully and be repetitive. Repetition increases the chances of the messages sinking in.

Answer 5

first of it depends on what grade u are teaching? if u are teaching Middle school or High school u should plan out what u are going to give them the whole week on a piece of paper and give it to the students to hand to their parents and the parents can review what they are going to have for homework and when the parents go to sign the paper the parent can say let me see the homework and then at the end out the week make them turn in all the homework form mon-fri and the piece of paper that has thier parents signature. u can also do this if u are teaching elementry> hope this works

Answer 6

Everyone gets one "home free" pass, so if it's the first time, I let it go.

The second time it happens, the student loses points.

Any time after that, I contact the parent. Kids are usually bummed that I called home, but the homework usually makes it to class after one phone call.

Answer 7

The same thing that you do when a child does not get a math problem teach them. Social skills are learnable to bad there not on the curriculum at your school. Why don't your principal turn a study hall into a social skills class?

Answer 8

I am a college instructor. If they do not bring the assignment to class, it is considered late. I don't take late assignments.

Answer 9

I will take off one letter grade for each day (business day, not class day) it's late.

Answer 10

usually they don't get full credit. You can't go ballistic over it or you'd have to go ballistic every class period.