1. It's important to keep accurate records of hourly attendance. If truancy or excessive absenteeism ever becomes an issue for a particular student you will want to be able to rely on the information you have kept.
2. It's nearly impossible to learn the names of all of your students within the first day or so of class. Until you have your students’ names committed to mem-ory, consider calling out their names and instructing students to respond with “here”.