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Congrats! I won’t ever get that many if I don’t regularly update mine..ha
Sure you will! It took 14 months and lots of commenting on other blogs to get people to visit me.
My goal is to get back to 50 hits every day (the blogosphere must’ve been on vacation in July), and then 100!
congrats!
Thanks! And thank you for adding me to your Blogroll! I love your blog.
And now 800 comments, double *woo*hoo*!
I had 8.
I’m just glad you found my little blog and befriended. (Picture me, with my glasses held together by duct tape and my suspenders holding up my high-waters…Snert, snert.
) I’m so inspired by so much of what you do!
CONGRATS!
Now I’m gonna call you Urkel instead of Ms. Whiz!
I love your blog!!
Thank you so much for all of your advice and help with the Economy System! (Though one of my very low – special ed – students doesn’t do anything to earn bonuses, and racks up tons of fines every week for not doing homework – can I really make her sit on the floor? The other kids are drooling over the possibility – they want to know if I’ll really evict them!)
We’re a Professional Learning Community – we inspire each other!
Here’s a little secret: I’ve never actually made anyone sit on the floor. The first time I did this, the kids were really worried about being evicted. They were pretty well-off and in a private school. Interesting, no? Truth be told, their parents were more flipped out about it than the kids were. I had to convince the parents I am NOT into shaming children, but I’m all about getting them to take personal responsibility for their actions (and the kids get that, even when the parents don’t).
One of my concerns is that the kids will WANT to sit on the floor. I would personally find that VERY disruptive. Rafe does it, but I think you have to take his population into consideration. It would NOT work in my school. So, I play down that aspect. I work more on building UP the whole “owning property” aspect. And I don’t let kids do ANYTHING before they’ve paid off their fines. If I have to do it, I have bank carry them. I also manipulate this system like crazy if I need to (without the kids knowing it). Just like differentiating the curricula, I differentiate the system (within reason). If your student is low and having issues, give double/triple/quadruple for him/her turning in even one assignment. The other kids don’t need to know what’s going on.
Finally, another teacher in the building gave me an idea. She said, “You could have a public housing section.” If it comes to that for my class, I COULD do it. Not sure how I feel about it yet, but it’s certainly part of a reality. Still, my students have always seemed to “get” this concept and take pride in it. They WANT to buy their seats.
I hope it works for you! Good luck!