“6-7” trend.

[Luv Bunnies]

Would you be open to telling them that if they complete their work and follow directions, you will give them a special "Six Seven" problem? Maybe make a word problem where the answer 7, R6 and they work together to use different strategies to solve. Are they doing partial quotients yet? If they keep goofing off, then they have to wait until next time for the special problem. This way, they are still working on math but you get a well-behaved group.

Not a bad idea, but my kids likely wouldn’t see more math as an incentive. I’ve been keeping a stack of our classroom money on the table and silently rewarding the ones who don’t say it when others do. A few have caught on and will try to control themselves, but usually give into temptation at some point. Baby steps…

 

[Magical2017]

This has probably been said already. There isn't a generation to ever grace the planet that doesn't have it's on thing. Right now it's 6/7. It's their own thing. When I was in college the phase was "Would you Believe" or "Missed it by that much". There are a whole lot of thing to be concerned about in the world today, 6/7 isn't one of them. My parents was "Hubba Hubba". My daughters was "Don't worry, be happy".

Remember the Friends era? Could we BE any more annoying? RIP, Matthew Perry.