Motivation
- Have a student of the week in your class with appropriate special privileges (i.e. No HW for a week, preferred seating, etc.)
- Class jobs give students ownership of the classroom. Here are some examples: Teacher assistant, Attendance taker, Messenger, Phone operator, Gardener, Book or folder passer/collector, Graded paper returner, Homework collector, Tech assistant, Chair stacker, etc.
- Try to have positive home contacts (Try for at least two different parent contacts per week):
- Panorama provides a guide on making the calls (sign-in required).
- Click here for a resource with conversation starters.
- If a call is for a negative reason, always give a strength or something positive.
- When making a negative call (for behavior or academics), make a positive call to a different student.
- Send a positive note/postcard to students to recognize progress:
- Panorama provides a template and examples (sign-in required).
- Click here for some free templates from Teacherspayteachers.
- Teach students to write positive notes to each other with Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
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