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Student Contributor: J. Valenzuela
\n\"\"When a task needs to be done, count down from a reasonable number, once the counter reaches zero, pick the student\u2019s spirits up by congratulating them and thanking them for their cooperation.<\/p>\n

This tool works best if you need a large chore done. It is an all-inclusive tool that allows for every student to feel connected to the space they collectively share. Let\u2019s say there are paper scraps all over the floor from a lesson of cutting paper. The room is a mess! The teacher would announce to the students that it is time for Count Down & Pick Up. Depending on the chore that needs accomplishing, choose a number to count down from that would give them enough time to complete the task, and add, or subtract time as common-sense dictates. Once the task is finished, we emphasize congratulations and mention how cohesive we were as a group, instilling in students the feeling of cohesion and accomplishment.<\/p>\n

This tool is a supportive phase tool. It helps students feel a sense of belonging in their space and a sense of ownership over that space. It supports students by giving them that sense of ownership in a place where they spend more than half of their childhood. Count Down & Pick Up falls under teacher directed & Collaborative. The tool itself is teacher directed; it is directed by the teacher, counted by the teacher, and ends by the teacher, but the students are the ones doing the cleaning and picking up, creating a cooperative space in which the teacher and students get to claim ownership over a space they occupy together. Count Down & Pick Up creates a space that is free of clutter that everyone can share together and having a space that is free of clutter that belongs to everyone in the room helps prevents behavioral issues from arising. Many teachers who sway more towards teacher directed classrooms may reprimand students for making a mess but allowing students to collectively clean and tidy up a classroom they all have a stake in, takes the blame off any one single student and make the room the responsibility of everyone in the room.<\/p>\n

More Information –
\nTool Source: I came across this tool by necessity. I needed to find a way to get the children at my youth development center to help with the daily chores, and the reward-based system failed miserably. So, I created this Count Down & Pick Up method to navigate away from the reward based system that had been in place for nearly two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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