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parents seeing papers
By Dawn

Hi,

I teach 6th grade science. I use a notebook system, as do many teachers at my school. Whenever you hand papers or tests back, have students record it on the first page of their notebook, a Table of Contents page,
and then write the page number in the upper right hand corner of their work paper, and place the paper in order in their notebook. I use an overhead of exactly what they should write on their Table of Contents page.
Every Friday, the only homework I give is that they get their notebook signed and dated by a parent by Monday.
This teaches them to keep their work organized; it assures

that they have all work to study from for the next test; and it gives parents a chance to see what we've been doing in science. They may never even look at the papers, but hey, the notebook was in front of them, so they had the chance to see their child's work. Their signature is proof of that if they claim to be shocked about grades. Best of all, the students keep it all organized, not me.

I give an incentive for students to bring it signed on Monday, usually an A for the Day. I call home to talk to parents whose kids don't get their notebooks signed.

Hope some of this info helps.