Crushin'

How can one student be so forgetful?! It's a problem I have been dealing with one of my students.  I mean this kiddo is so forgetful that he comes into my classroom almost everyday with his fly down and belt undone...when I ask him why he hasn't zipped up he gives me his little "sorry Miss Cosper, I forgot" grin.

At the end of each day the students are supposed to write down all the things they learned that day and then any homework that they need to work on in their daily assignment planner, which he forgets nearly everyday!  I've tried consequences, I've tried bribes, I've tried talking to his mom....nothing seems to work.  So I finally decided that every time he forgets his assignment planner he must give a 10 second back massage to each student in the class.  The kids love this, they squirm in their chair and get all excited about their approaching massage counting extra slow trying to stretch their 10 seconds as long as they can.

So today, again my little guy forgot his agenda, (surprise surprise) and not having a lot of time left in the day I said, today I will show you grace...

"I don't have to give any one a massage?"
"Nope, not today"
"But Miss Cosper I really want to give them today!"
"Why?"
"Well... I want to give one to someone special..."

Oh dear.  I think I have to come up with a new plan.