Homework Grading System

For each marking quarter the students received a test grade for homeworks. If the student completed all the homework assignments on time they received a grade of 100. For some students that was the only 100 they got all term. The homework grade was averaged in with their test scores.

Homework assignments handed in late were given half scores. In my gradebook I would put a checkmark for each homework handed in on time. Late homeworks were denoted by the letter “L” in the marking book. Students who were absent were given one day after they returned to hand in the missing homework to get full credit.

All homeworks were numbered for that marking quarter. At the end of the marking quarter each homework was given a point value to equal 100. For example: If there were 25 homework assignments for the marking quarter each homework handed in on time was equal to four points. Late homeworks were given 2 points. Missing homeworks were given a zero.

Notices and any handouts for absent students were placed in the Homework Folder.

Any notices or papers distributed to children who were absent were placed in the folder and given to the absent student when he or she returned to class.

Procedure:
In dark magic marker put the name or number of each class on the top right corner of the folder
On the left pocket write “Returned Homeworks.”
On the right pocket write “Collected Homeworks.”

On the composition sheet place the name or number of the class.

Homework Monitors
For each marking quarter I used three different homework monitors. The “Collected Homework Monitor” would collect all homeworks at the beginning of the period. Students in each class knew that the first thing they had to do when coming into the classroom was to place the completed homework assignment on their desk.

The “Returned Homework Monitor” would take the corrected homeworks from the left pocket at the beginning of the class and return them to the students. If the student was absent the monitor would place the paper back in the “Returned Homework” pocket.

The “Homework Recording Monitor” would take the page protected paper out and write the number of the homework assignment, date and assignment on the paper. The homework sheet in the page protector was then returned to the folder. Students who had been absent or not sure of an assignment would then take that sheet to copy missing homework assignments and then replace it in the folder.