How might students feel in these situations? Choose the numbers which show how you believe they might feel. In some cases more than one choice may be appropriate.

(1) They want to go unnoticed.

(2) They want to get up and move.

(3) They want friends to know they are finished.

(4) They want the teacher to know they are finished.

(5) They want many throughout the school to know about their work.

(6) They want people throughout the community to know about their work.

Mark "feeling" here.

_____ 1. Much time has been devoted to completing a task. The

work has been done alone and no one has seen the results of all the

hard work. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

_____ 2. Much time has been spent sitting in one place while

working on an assignment. Now the task is finished. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

_____ 3. Much time has been spent studying a topic. As a result

students seem to understand the assignment very well and

are finishing early. Results are excellent. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

_____ 4. A few students have found an assignment to be very

difficult. As a result they are the very last to

complete their work. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

_____ 5. Some students think they are doing better work today

than earlier in the week. They feel good about what

they have completed. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

If the needs which result from these feelings are not met, what might the students in each of the above situations do?

It is difficult to always give the appropriate kind and amount of attention to each student throughout a day. How might a teacher feel in these situations? In some cases more than one choice may be appropriate.

(1) Impatient because of many interruptions.

(2) Overwhelmed by the task of meeting the needs of each child.

(3) Unable to take time at the moment to discuss progress made.

(4) Tired of needing to sort papers before they can be examined.

(5) Guilty about the stack of papers piling up which have not been filed.

(6) Happy about what has been accomplished.

_____1. A teacher has thirty students who Mark "feelings" here.

all want to let him/her know they

completed their work. Individuals

begin bringing up their work to the

teacher during a time when others (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

need attention.

_____ 2. All thirty students want to talk to

the teacher about different aspects

of work they have completed. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

_____ 3. The teacher has a large amount of

written work to correct. The students'

papers have been handed in without

being sorted. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

_____ 4. The children have been working at

many learning stations. There are

many different types of material to

be examined. Not all students have

completed every task. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

_____ 5. Students have done outstanding work

on an assignment. It is better than

any done in this school before. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

_____ 6. Corrected and uncorrected work has

been mixed together in a heap. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

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Choose from these solutions the ones you believe would meet the needs of the students and the needs of the teacher. Write the numbers on the blanks in front of items 1-5 and 1-6 of the previous section.

1. Provide a wire basket or box into which students can place work.

2. Provide individual student mailboxes or "cubbies."

3. Make pockets on the backs of learning stations. File completed work in them.

4. Place work on classroom or hall bulletin boards.

5. Develop card files on which students record their own results. Let them examine them to check progress.

6. Keep work samples as a baseline for making comparisons.

7. Keep a folder of work done throughout the year.

8. Stamp the date on work which has been handed in. (Especially for children who cannot yet write the day's date.)

9. Keep a folder of work to be sent to the next grade.

10. Keep a folder of work for each student. Let each person edit or change work which he/she feels could be improved. Publish the final best results.

11. Keep separate folders for incoming work and corrected work.

12. Let students develop a file box with folders for each subject area. Have them keep these individual boxes at their own special designated places.

13. Publish results in a local newspaper.

14. Publish results in a school newspaper.

15. Let students share their work in small group discussions.

16. Write descriptions about projects students have done. Include the descriptions about projects students have done. Include the descriptions in a letter addressed to parents. Place the letter and

projects in an envelope and send all of the materials home.

17. Create a scrapbook into which completed work is placed.

All people need legitimate ways of gaining attention for work which has been completed. If recognition is not given, "creative' ways of getting it will be devised by the students.

The teacher cannot meet individual needs in face-to-face conversations with each student for each assignment. For this reason both students and the teacher need to learn ways of giving and receiving attention. Learning genuine and appropriate ways of sharing, giving and receiving attention are important.