Love it Jan. I know this works!!! (not because you need my affirmation, just that it works in other places, contexts too) Sally
On 4/11/12 1:26 PM, "Jan Sanders" <jangou...@gmail.com> wrote: > My most favorite years of teaching were the last 4 of my career of 17 > years. Why? I did away with homework and awards. The school had > school-wide awards at the end of each trimester which I had to participate > in, but I had no classroom awards. Every other classroom (24 of them) had > a ticket system and a prize box. Teachers thought I was either nuts or > brave. How was I going to get kids to do things and behave? I had no > problem at all. We had frank conversations about how they were there to > learn and it is their job to do their best everyday and grow as learners. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
