Paper+Management+Tips+from+TE+802-08


 * Managing the Paper Load

Warm Up-** I think that this is a great idea. I do it almost everyday and while the students are working on the warm-up I walk around. It's a win-win situation because homework is checked and the students are working/learning. 1. How thorough do you check the homework? How do you know if they are making self corrections when you go over the hw in class?

1. Monitoring Students: It is hard to monitor the students especially depending on how the class is set up. I feel like once you walk away from a certain group they stop doing the corrections or they start speaking English. 2. Timing What do you do if one group finishes the corrections and other groups are still working on them? user:beechlau
 * Round Robin**- I have tried this in my class and it sounded like a good idea and I think it was, but I encountered some problems.


 * Quick Check**- One of my mentor teachers gave me a tip: correct things immediately. For example one day students were taking a quiz and as they turned them in we immediately corrected them. This quiet time during tests/quizzes is good for catching up, too. user:pumer30

We think walking around at the beginning of class to check and see what students have done is a good start to checking papers. You can use stamps or a system to mark complete/incomplete assignments. Then go over the homework in class and students can turn it in. This gives them the opportunity to fill in answers they didn't know/make corrections and you know whether or not they were prepared for class that day.


 * Participation**- Encouraging students to speak up and join in class discussions, as well as expecting them to come to class prepared. Participation can support classroom management (discipline issues, etc.).


 * Sneak Peek**- We stole this homework quiz idea-students take out their homework, a clean sheet of paper and a pen. Randomly select a few problems (3, 5, 18) and have students copy these ones onto the clean sheet of paper. The students turn in the clean sheet of paper for credit. Teachers only have to look over these selected problems. Then class can continue going over homework.
 * Our concern is keeping the class quiet during this quiz so that they don't share answers.