I don't but I've seen it used in other classes

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I don't but I've seen it used in other classes
By Cathy-Dee

I think it depends a lot on the grade level and maturity level of your class. I would think from grade 3 upwards it could be a feasible check system to use. I don't know about using it all the time, but for certain times
of the day it can keep behaviours in check.
I know some teachers who have used it if they have to slip out of the room to get something from the copier or supply room. This way they know the class is being watched and that if anyone acts up too much it will be reported.
And I've seen teachers who will ask students to write down names but the teacher says which names will be written

down. It just saves the teacher time from having to write down the names if she is teaching.

Tattling to me is something different because it is something that gets carried away and is often trivial. I guess it would depend on how this teacher trains her students on what behaviours are acceptable and what are not when they are writing down names. In some classes every students name could be on the board in the first 5 minutes of the lesson.

I'm not sure it would be a system I would use other than the one example I mentioned when the teacher needs to leave the class for a short period of time.