SUBSTITUTES
Management Idea from Cut-Up Paper

Submitted by: I Love That Teaching Idea! Staff
From: Nibley, Utah
Date Submitted: April 15, 2001

I like to cut out squares of construction paper to take with me when I go substitute in a classroom. When I see students on task and behaving in a positive manner, I quietly walk around the room and place them on those students' desks. They are then instructed to write their name on the square. It's amazing the "ripple" effect that occurs when students see you passing those out. At the end of the day, everyone gets to put their squares (as many as they collected that day), in a jar for a special surprise.