sound like tons of after school hours?
make up participation. . .they just try to volunteer more during the rest of the week. I would say I get one student in every two weeks to make up participation. 5 minutes. The student does some good practice. The student gets a fair share of points. And most importantly, my butt is covered if anyone complains that an excused absence lowers his/her grade. Once again, I know this sounds like a lot of bookkeeping, but it turns out to be 5 min. per day, to record the daily points. and less than 1/2 hour at the end of the week to add up the totals and pro-rate the grades. In my class participation counts as 25% of the total grade. Mike Miller ====================== 97/10 From–> Kimberly Huegerich
