Okay, well I have to say Thursday was by far one of the most interesting days of my teaching career. It was really the first time I had to reprimand my class for doing something wrong, but it was actually an ingenious idea. One of the positive reinforcement incentives I use is called Dabbeekeh Dollars. Dabbeekeh Dollars are play money that the kids earn for citizenship, participation, and good character. Well I guess there has been a "black market" going around, something that I was unaware of. the students were trading their personal items for Dabbeekeh Dollars. I think the reason that I never caught the initial leader is because I had been out for a few days this past week. Between being sick, having meetings and 504s, I was out a lot. Well anyways, on with my story. The way I figured out the problem was when one child came up to me and said...May I have change and have 25 ones. That was the break in the case. I then stopped my Math lesson, figured out what happened and began a class disucssion on why what they did was wrong. The consequence for this was they had to lose all of the money in their bank and not participate in auction for one week.
While I none of my other classes had ever thought of this, I thought it was a clever plan. I guess if I have to teach "Black Market" and enterprise, this would be the way to go.
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