What should I do as far as language arts if my child is absent?
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It is the student's responsibility to make up the missed work. Daily classroom assignments are posted online and available in a white binder in the classroom. Handouts are available in a file next to the binder. Some handouts are available in the document manager on my website.
Projects, papers and homework will be accepted up to one week late. Assignments one day late will be worth 85% of the points earned; assignments two days late will be worth 70% of the points earned; assignments three or more days late will be worth 55% of the points earned.
• I will not accept late work during the last week of any marking period.
• Individual presentations may be made up; however, a group presentation may not. Your group will go on without you. An appropriate make-up assignment will be determined by me in these cases if there was a valid and unavoidable reason for your absence
Can you inform me when my child fails to turn in an individual assignment or falls behind?
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Because of the number of students, the volume of papers, and the time devoted to each paper, I cannot always contact you with the information; however, WHENEVER you want to know about your child's progress, you may email me or phone, and I will respond as soon as possible. Your child's current progress is always available online as well.
Email, phone or scheduled in-person conference--all work well for me. I prefer email or in-person conferences because of voice mail and the frequent occurence of "phone tag."
