6.

Completes Work Quickly:

The student who completes the class
assignment and does not pay attention
to quality

7. Note Taking:
The students who take poor or
incomplete lecture notes

Select assignments that have highinterest real world application for

students to encourage their best effort:
-Have students write an autobiographical
essay that can later be submitted as part
of their application for a summer job.
Create a rubric that lists what you term
is quality that is expected from the
student's work:
- Require that the student rate all
classwork using the rubric. Do not allow
the student to hand in work until the
student is able honestly to assign him- or
herself the highest ratings possible.
Divide students into pairs and have
them rate each others work:
-Encourage before turning in work have
students make changes to their work.
To avoid students from rushing to get
assignments done:
-assign additional work when student
completes the first task.
Surprise the students with guest
reviewers:
-principals, another teacher, guest
outside of school to review students
assignment and provide face-to-face
quality feedback.
Base part of grade on quality of notes:
-If you decide to grade student notes, be
sure first to provide students who have
disabilities that impact note-taking with
appropriate accommodations.
Keep teacher notes handy:
-Keep them handy for students who
want to check their notes
Give guided notes :
-This will help students pay attention and
also relieve them of a substantial
amount of writing.
Allow students to listen to audiotape
lecture:
-Record your lesson and allow students
to sign out the recordings to listen to.

8. Student Who Will Not Ask For

Help:
The Student who refuses to ask for
assistance from peer or teacher when
assistance is needed.

9. The Student Who Does Not Write

Down Assignments: The Student who
does not write down the assignments or
completely write them down.

When talking about important parts:

-Make sure to explicitly prompt the
students to write down the information.
Set up a private signal:
-Set signals up between student and
teacher to allow the teacher to know
that the student needs help.
Give the student review sheets:
-Give review sheets with completed
models that demonstrate all steps of the
learning strategy that he or she must
use to do the assignment.
Create a memory friendly classroom:
-This shows the students what important
information they must know for the unit.
Allow students to complete in-class
work in pairs or groups.
Meet with the student privately:
-Meet privately to brainstorm ideas that
the student would be willing to use to
receive assistance on independent work.
Type up the assignments :
-Type the assignments up for the week or
month for the students and give to
them.
Set up a homework hotline that
students and parents:
-Students and parents can call in and
listen to a pre-recorded message with
assignments.
Pair the students up at the end of class:
-Allow students to check over each
others agendas to make sure everything
is filled out.
Have student come up to you at the
end of the class:
-Allow students to come up to you at the
end of class to go over assignments and
make sure they have everything that is
needed.
Select a person (principal, reading
teacher, counselor) who can serve as
check out person:
-Assign them a caseload of students who

10. The Student Who Does Not Turn

Assignments: The student who
completes the assignments but fails to
turn work in on time or at all.

have difficulties accurately recording

homework assignments.
Meet with the student's parents:
-Suggest that they check each morning
to be sure that the student has all
completed homework assignments in
their backpack before leaving for school.
Set up a homework chart for the
student:
-Allow them to receive points for turning
in homework. After student receives a
predetermined amount allow them to
redeem them for awards.
Set up a personal accountability with
the student:
-Have them place their homework in
your hand each day they walk in.
Send overdue homework notices to
parents every several weeks:
-The information send home about the
assignment should include enough so
that parent and the student knows what
they have to do to complete the
assignment.
Encourage student to complete
homework in study hall:
-Assign a staff member to collect
completed work before student leaves
for home.