A few days ago
Laverne

My little graffiti artist- what to do?

I have a student who insists on not leaving a blank space, anywhere! He draws on his notebooks, Algebra workbook, assignments…no space is left unturned! It is a little invasive, to me. I do not care to stifle his creativity and I appreciate his artistic genius. However, it has become a distraction and a bit of an eye sore in my classroom. I would love to find a decent and solution-focused way to resolve this. I have thought about buying him a sketch book and setting limits. Will this help or will his artisitc creativity refuse boundaries? I do not care to use means such as detention or sending him to the assistant principal. We have tried a heart to heart…it worked for about a week.

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A few days ago
Equal Animal

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get him a seperate book and tell him that you don’t mind if he want to sketch in it but as long as he still pays attention.if he is doing graffiti tell him he wont have time to sketch a full piece anyway and he can do his outlines at home.tell him this is the last resort and you are sorry but if he can’t comply with this then you will have to speak to his parents!
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A few days ago
ArmyWife
Have u talked to his parents? My daughter was in this stage and occasionally still does it at almost 7 yrs old. Tell him what he can draw on and what he can’t and make sure u reward him when he does good. It’s possible he doesn’t mean to do it, it’s just that he gets so caught up in drawing and doesn’t realize what he did. Keep an eye on him, and redirect him when needed. His own sketch pad isn’t a bad idea either. Good Luck!!
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A few days ago
kitty
WRITE HIS PARENTS A NOTE OR CALL THEM THIS IS NOT GOOD JUST ASK THEM IF THEY CAN TALK TO HIM BUYING HIM A BOOK ISN’T GOING TO DO ANYTHING MAYBE IF YOU EMBARRASS HIM IN FRONT OF THE CLASS HE WILL GET THE HINT OR SAY ANYONE WHO MARKS OR DRAWN ON THIS PAPER WILL STAY AFTER SCHOOL HE WON’T LIKE THAT PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN AS YOU REMEMBER IN SCHOOL THE KIDS WOULD DO THINGS TO MAKE YOU UPSET AND IF YOU REACTED THEY DID IT MORE WELL SHOW NO REACTION AND MAYBE HE WILL STOP THE NEXT STEP IT TO KEEP HIM AFTER SCHOOL AND HAVE A TEACHER THAT HE DOESN’T LIKE BE IN CHARGE TELL HIS PARENTS CALL THEM HE’S JUST ACTING SMART MAYBE HE WANTS DISCIPLINE……………………………………………….
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A few days ago
Anonymous
Just make sure he knows not to do it on tests or anything like that, its not like anyone else will be reading his notes.
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