QUESTION:
I don’t want to use stickers to motivate my primary students to print more neatly. Any suggestions to encourage them to take more care with their school work?
RESPONSE:
Here are some things that my teaching partner and I do in order to help build neat work habits over time:
1. We talk a lot about neatness. I’m a great believer in the idea that whatever you put your focus upon will increase!
2. We talk proactively. In other words, before a lesson begins we discuss what a great job would look like. This helps the kids who really have no idea of what a good job looks like and it helps the other kids who might not … >>>
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