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Re: Elementary Ed Major teaching Art
Posted by ImajinPs on 5/07/08

I agree with gwynnetex, have a sign out/sign in for supplies so
you can identify the culprtits. And most of them will just
stop once they realize that they won't be able to get away with
it any more. At this point I would do it until the end of the
school year; and I would start out doing it in the fall, too.
But I'll bet you could probably just conveniently forget about
it by the first of October, and you won't have any
reoccurrences. And if you do- you already have the numbered
baggies, and you can start up again.


On 5/07/08, gwynnetx wrote:
> 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.
>

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Elementary Ed Major teaching Art, 5/06/08, by PA Teacher.
• Re: Elementary Ed Major teaching Art, 5/07/08, by gwynnetx.
• Re: Elementary Ed Major teaching Art, 5/07/08, by ImajinPs.
• Re: Elementary Ed Major teaching Art, 5/07/08, by NC Art Teacher.
• Re: Elementary Ed Major teaching Art, 5/07/08, by PA Teacher.
• Re: Elementary Ed Major teaching Art, 5/07/08, by gwynnetx.
• Re: Elementary Ed Major teaching Art, 5/08/08, by ImajinPs.