Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Students do not bring pencils and forget to return when I loan them. Our school policy (and district+state) requires that when students do not bring pencils, teachers are required to supply. In fact, in our state it's against the law NOT to supply a pencil in class if a pencil is needed to do the work. I am fine with this rule. However, I have couple of students who forget to bring pencils frequently and ask for a new one each time. They seem to lose them all the time. Do you have this problem? How do you deal with it? Any thoughts? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) In my room, I tried a technique where when they borrow a pen or pencil, they "check it out" by loaning my their school ID. This usually helps. I have even heard that a teacher asks students to leave a shoe in exchange for the pencil!!!                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Love the idea of the school id, now you know who should have the pencil Rated On: October 14, 2022 8:37 pm Rated By: TyNede