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(Continued) I teach kids about to go to middle school, and I believe that if a kid shows no effort or doesn’t care to complete an assignment, it’s not my job to do the assignment for them, print them endless copies, or spend many of my prep times trying to force them to do it. I want them to be prepared for the next stage of life, and as they move up in school/get a job, they will not be treated with such leniency.
I give my students opportunities for extra credit throughout the school year. If they complete an assignment poorly, then they've earned a poor grade. I'm big on teaching: Every action has a reaction.
I am pretty tough but it’s so hard being “tough” in elementary school. Parents have complained if they are asked to miss recess or have a consequence. Trying to brainstorm alternative ways to help them because my 5th graders were so bad with turning in assignments!!
I teach 5th graders. Our campus policy is 1 chance to redo an assignment and 5 days to make up a late or missing assignment. After that, it is entered as a zero.
Find out what the middle school’s policy is and use that. You’ll have verifiable proof for your principal and it’ll prepare them for the following year.
I let them make work up until the end of the nine weeks but I no longer let them retake tests. I don’t have enough time to study with them in class all the time and I want them to get used to being as responsible for their grades as I am.