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Homework - Think beyond the box (The classroom)

It is vital that you are creating learning opportunities for your pupils away from the classroom. Using a homework tracker (seen below) is a great way to organise when homework is set and handed in, a great use of motivation through rewards and an easy tool to highlight to parents when and how many pieces have been completed or missed. I have found a homework tracker creates consistency and also keeps you honest as students will highlight missed weeks if you "forget" to set a homework (it works both ways). I would recommend introducing the homework tracker as a reward system and make the reward system very clear with different levels (as seen below). I have seen some other creative ways to share parts of the tracker with students to be used as a form of motivation and competition with the most popular I have seen made by "Twitter" this snapchat streak (seen below). I enjoy this "snapchat streak" as it concentrates on completed homework as it just shows &qu