isyne4u
<font color=blue>Next time I get a craving for cak
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- Oct 22, 2002
Karen...I do planner checks in my class. The kids that need the most assitance with writing things down are required to show me their planner before they leave class. They get one "Dembitz' dollar for filling their planner out correctly and then if they have mom or dad sign it they get another one the next morning. This allows me to stay on top of them and the parents to keep up. Now I admit I have a terrible memory when it comes to checking planners but the kids want the reward so they do it themselves. By the end of the year they have it down to a science. For the kids that I don't require they show me their planners after they write their homework they get a dollar if their parents sign the planner. The catch is they have to have copied their homework correctly, if they omit something or don't write it correctly they don't get the dollar. It works for most kids, but then again there are those that it wouldn't matter if I followed them home, they still wouldn't get it all done and turned in.
I like your attitude towards the ADHD. it is something they have to live with but it is also something that we, as teachers and parents, need to stress to them is also their responsibility. I have had many kids tell me that they couldn't behave or pay attention because they "didn't have" their medicne. I tell them "too bad, you need to learn to control yourself" and then they recieve whatever consequences are necssary. I do make exceptions for extreme circumstances but the kids aren't told it is because of their medical issues. Even with Jar, when I know his behavior is related to the ADHD I don't give him that excuse. I'm probably a little harder on him because I'm a teacher...poor kid doesn't stand a chance!!
more later,
tara
I like your attitude towards the ADHD. it is something they have to live with but it is also something that we, as teachers and parents, need to stress to them is also their responsibility. I have had many kids tell me that they couldn't behave or pay attention because they "didn't have" their medicne. I tell them "too bad, you need to learn to control yourself" and then they recieve whatever consequences are necssary. I do make exceptions for extreme circumstances but the kids aren't told it is because of their medical issues. Even with Jar, when I know his behavior is related to the ADHD I don't give him that excuse. I'm probably a little harder on him because I'm a teacher...poor kid doesn't stand a chance!!
more later,
tara