take attendance

phrase

: make a record of who is present

The teacher takes attendance every day.

Examples of take attendance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In another class, students recently had to help the instructor figure out how to take attendance online. — CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026

Another excuse to make the media take attendance and the sports-talk hosts windmills churn during a sports calendar that’s about to slow down to a crawl. — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 1 June 2024

But a lot of teachers, Nugent said, have been using the policy to take attendance, adding that students are not being sent to the principal for not having their phones in the caddy but instead are marked absent. — Adria Watson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023

Chasen came up with the idea to create Class for Zoom, a classroom-like experience that would allow teachers to take attendance, hand out assignments, give a quiz, grade work, or talk one-on-one with a student—all on Zoom. — David Sawatzky, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2021

Rhymes for take attendance

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