The one thing that I have debated over is whether or not to give a child 0.  I figure that I would only give a 0 when a student doesn’t hand in the work AT ALL.  But how about my 0.5/day reduction for each day that it is late?  I would pester the kids who haven’t handed in their work but because the worksheet is only out of 3, their per day deduction of points brings them down to a negative number.  This is a predicament that I had to deal with today.  If a student made the effort to write something and hand it in, even if it is not perfect and late, should they really ever deserve a 0?  Unless they handed in to me a blank sheet or answers that are completely off base, then no.  I think the lowest I will reduce their mark to is a 1.