I have a club and it's called The Unsolved Mysteries Club, we learn about ghosts, aliens, etc. I've had a couple of children act up during it and I was thinking to have them do an one-page report on something really boring. What are some boring things to learn about?
2007-01-23 07:06:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Reading and/or writing should NEVER be used as punishments. Why do you think kids learn to hate school? One major reason is because learning is used as a punishment! I totally agree with the person who said that coming to a club meeting is a privilege, not a right. Start a "three strikes you're out" policy with the students. After their three strikes they have to leave the current meeting and skip the next one. Plan a really fun activity for the day they're gone so that they'll want to come back to the club, but with a better attitude.
2007-01-23 15:30:17 · answer #1 · answered by Jetgirly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not have them write a report --- they will learn to associate writing with negativity. Reward children that don't act up with a jolly rancher or other small candy or a sticker or pencil. If you don't behave, you don't get a reward. Take it from a mother and a teacher, rewards and positive reinforcement are much more effective than punitive measures and punishments.
2007-01-23 15:25:39 · answer #2 · answered by heel75 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If this is a voluntary club, then don't allow them to come to a meeting. Tell them that the consequence for not behaving is that they don't get to come next time. It is a privilege to come to a club, not a right.
Another solution would be to give positive rewards to the students that are behaving and doing what they are supposed to. Encourage the appropriate behavior.
2007-01-23 15:32:34 · answer #3 · answered by Angie C 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wrote a report on the ENIAC once. It was the first digital computer ever built. Reading about it was a nightmare. Writing a report about any American president would also be quite boring.
2007-01-23 15:21:40 · answer #4 · answered by scubagurl40 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try letting them write about something that challenges their mind, as they are probably already bored learning about things that don't exist.
2007-01-23 15:21:16 · answer #5 · answered by AJM 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here is one that my teacher made me do and I shaped up immediately... Have them write the definition of the word "run". Have you ever seen it? Its super-long, and boring as heck.
2007-01-23 15:50:39 · answer #6 · answered by Here2Help 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if it's a boy make them read Nancy Drew, and for a girl the Hardy Boys
2007-01-23 15:14:16 · answer #7 · answered by ASF 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think toads
2007-01-23 16:43:44 · answer #8 · answered by rallman@sbcglobal.net 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋