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I'm mentoring a fifth grade girl and have been asked to talk with her about the note passing she is doing in class every day. Does anyone have a creative idea to share? I know she's wasting her time in class, but she is very shy and not very verbal. No way could she afford a cell phone to communicate with her friends. What have you tried to stop this?
One idea I had a practicum in a 5th grade class where all of the students had mailboxes. There were several times a day that the teacher allowed students to write and distribute mail to the boxes, such as the last two minutes before lunch, the last few minutes before specials, and at the end of the day as they were completing their planners and gathering th...See More
Jan 22, 2009
Colleen Thank you!!! I'll pass it on!! Great idea!
Jan 22, 2009
paulaj Read the notes aloud. That stops a LOT of them.
Feb 9, 2009


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