do you know which kids are actually breaking your materials? it can't be all of
them, and i always hate punishing the whole class for something that certain
students are doing. if they're breaking materials, they should not get to use
them. period. and once i could prove little johnny was one of the culprits, i
would be calling little johnny's mother pronto.
you could put crayons/colored pencils in numbered baggies or some other kind
of container and have the kids check out the baggies from your desk (or
wherever). have a list of the baggies showing the number and what's in the
bag. then check them at the end of class, before the kids leave, to see if all of
the crayons/colored pencils made it back in one piece. i would also talk to the
classes beforehand so that they know what's going on, that you will be able to
identify the culprits, and that there will be consequences.
kids will usually be much more careful if they know that they will be held
responsible for turning in exactly what they checked out. i.e. you will know they
are the ones breaking things. if a kid is still not "encouraged" to be careful, then
i would be calling home and that kid simply wouldn't get to do art. and he or
she just might "pay" back the cost of the items by cleaning the art room during
his or her recess time.
do you have class rules posted somewhere? one of mine is "respect the
classroom materials." if you don't follow the rules, you don't get to use them.
and it's also there in black and white, we go over them the first day, i talk about
what that looks like, etc. students can't say they didn't know!
and as for those forms, i would go down to whoever's office and stand there
until he handed me the forms. don't wait on him; obviously, he's not going to
do it.
On 5/06/08, PA Teacher wrote:
> I am so happy that I am not alone. However, I have even
> more of a problem. My students, 4-8 do not know how to
> respect supplies. They throw crayons at each other. I
> replaced the crayons with coloring pencils. Some of the
> students began breaking them and throwing them at each
> other. I have had it with those kids. When the pencils are
> gone and the paper is gone, that's it. I will not replace
> anymore supplies with my money. BTW this is not public
> school, it's a charter school. Whenever I tell their
> classroom teacher about their behavior, they tell me I
> have to write it. I tell the disciplinarian and he said he
> will give me the forms I have to fill out and never gives
> them to me.
> I am suppose to motivate these children, but how when I am
> NOT an art teacher. I have little to no trouble with Pre K
> to grade 3, but 4 to 8 is a big headache. I am counting
> the days until June 20.
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