tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239061985324296356.post410549850388830295..comments2024-03-20T05:40:38.114-04:00Comments on Notebooking, Teaching, and Technology: Pet Peeves - Pencil, Erasers, Names, and FeetEve Heatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14342106467437789200noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239061985324296356.post-73524389922337266612012-05-26T11:11:27.580-04:002012-05-26T11:11:27.580-04:00I teach 4th grade in Texas, my students also slide...I teach 4th grade in Texas, my students also slide down the hall, I usually in a fun way not a sarcastic or mean way say oh my goodness we need a walking lesson and it depends on the student as well. This one little girl laughs a lot so I knew I would not embarass her, and the others would get the point. "Oh my goodness we need a walking lesson, not a skiing lesson, and I go and hold her wrist and she walks beside me and I say right, left, right, left." The other kids get the point, and she laughed the whole time.Kimberlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239061985324296356.post-48129572364941576422010-03-27T18:31:03.489-04:002010-03-27T18:31:03.489-04:00I don't know if it will help in your situation...I don't know if it will help in your situation (I'm guessing all the dirt in the halls wasn't put there by your class alone), but I always tell the kids to "leave the playground on the playground." After some modeling, they know to stomp their feet like crazy before we come inside. They make a game of it, being silly and "over-stomping." This is one time (use of hand sanitizer is another) when I actually LOVE their silly exaggeration! If they forget to stomp their feet, you can always say, "You know, if you take all this playground into the building, there won't be anything left to play on during recess!"Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05970273940562154637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239061985324296356.post-39860283110773312022010-03-07T15:03:51.243-05:002010-03-07T15:03:51.243-05:00I could totally relate to your name on paper dilem...I could totally relate to your name on paper dilema. I usually tell students to put their finger on thier first name, last name, number, and date. Which does help with most of them. Although I was getting papers that just had first names and no last names or were missing thier numbers, which is the quick thing I do to put them in order for grading. So I have also started doing name checks, but I added an incentive. Right after I pass out papers I walk around and look and then give tickets to everyone that has first, last, number and date. I use tickets for incentives anyway and put them in a cup for a drawing at the end of each week. It seems to be improving the thoughtfulness of the students. Sorry this is a long comment, but I thought I would share what seems to be working for me.<br />marlateal@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com