My solution was to create a MAKEUP WORK station in my classroom. A place where I would keep a folder with the previous day's work in it. A place where I would have all handouts I had given out. In other words...TEACHER NIRVANA. lol!
I chose a location at the front of my classroom but out of the way of my main work area. I got a notebook to use to hold the pages with each day's assignments. I created a form that fit my class to use and ran off multiple copies. I used a three-tab porftolio-type folder, but any type of notebook will work as long as you can put pages in and take them out.
Then I got file folders and labeled one for each day of the week. In these folders I put any handouts that I passed out that day. File folders were put into a folder organizing system. There are many different ones out there. This is what I used simply because I found it cheap at the thrift store. I spray painted it and...voila!
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At the end of each day, I would fill out the Makeup Work form and put it into the notebook. Then I would put all handouts into their proper file.
When students came back to class, it was their responsibility to check the makeup work notebook and write down any missed work and deadlines. Then they found the proper file and got out one copy of each handout.
When the next week rolled around, I simply replaced the handouts from the previous week with the new ones. So the handouts would stay in the folder for one week. This system really helped me get a handle on makeup work. I'm not going to say that it completely eliminated makeup work headaches, but it sure did cut them down to manageable proportions. And students couldn't claim that they didn't know they had missed tests or that I hadn't told them their missing assignments. Bliss!!
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