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Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get kids to do
their classwork? I'm really hoping to find some type of
punishwork type thing. It does not matter what I give
them, about 1/3 will not do thier work. Calling home
doesn't matter, bad grades don't matter, even sending them
to the office is no big deal to them. I'm hoping that if I
can find something less desirable to fill thier time than
the assigned work, then maybe they will do it!
8th Grade Teacher /blockquote>

Sorry about all the spelling a grammar mistakes. I promise I
can write better than that! Can you tell it's Monday and I'm
already frustrated!
Nov 12, 2007
Katy Anna /blockquote>

And then we didn't do our homework, either. Great question.

Here are a few ideas. I prefer positive incentives to negative
ones, so here goes.

Divide each class into teams or make each class a team playing
against your other classes. Make a big chart. The class with the
best one-week homework rat...See More
Dec 2, 2007
ron labermeyer /blockquote>

On 11/12/07, 8th Grade Teacher wrote:
> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get kids to do
> their classwork? I'm really hoping to find some type of
> punishwork type thing. It does not matter what I give
> them, about 1/3 will not do thier work. Calling home
> doesn't matter, bad g...See More
Dec 7, 2007


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