Student Motivation List

At this time of year many of our students have begun to loose focus, and interest begins to wane. As a result off-task behaviors begin to rise and classroom disruptions increase and we miss out on quite a bit of instructional time as we deal with these issues.

It may be helpful (especially with the males in your classroom) to take this opportunity to build into our instruction some items of high interest.

To that end, I am attaching to this message one of the surveys I provide students who have behavior challenges in an effort to find out some of their motivating factors. Feel free to add to, remove or modify the list as you see fit. Uses can be as simple as counting soccer balls instead of oranges during math class, or building the topics into your writing prompts.

Here is the list: Airport tour Animals Architecture Art Auto mechanics Auto dealerships Backpacking Barbecue party Baseball Basketball Beaches Bike/Hike Trail Birds Board games Boating Bowling Buy a car, how to Camping trip Canoeing Car wash Career clinic Cars Cartoons Castles Cats Cave exploring Child care Civil defense College or University visit Collections Communications Community service Conservation project Cooking Court Session Cruises Cycling Dance Diet and nutrition Disabled citizen assistance Dogs Dolls Drug abuse/alcoholism Emergency preparedness Exercise Fashion/design Fire safety First aid training Fish Fishing Football Gardening Golf Gothic Government officials Ham radio Hiking History, town History, family trace Horseback riding Horseshoes Hunter sa

fety Indians Industry, local Insects Job interview skills Jogging/running Jumping rope Jungles Leadership skills Lifesaving, swimming Martial arts Military Model building Morality, ethics Motorcycles Mountaineering Movies Music listening Nature Nature walks Newsletter writing Orienteering Outdoor living Part-time jobs Photography Physical fitness Planetarium Plants and wildlife Plays produce Playgrounds Power station Public speaking Puzzles Racing Recycling Rafting Road rally Rock climbing Sailing Saving money Scholarships Scuba Senior citizen assistance Skateboarding Skating Skiing Slide show, plan a Snorkeling Soccer Softball Sports Sports medicine Sports safety State capitol Summer jobs Television station Tennis Trains Video games Volleyball Walking Watercraft Waterskiing Weather bureau Wilderness survival Winter sports Wolves Woodcrafts Other___________________________________

Let me know if you have any questions.

Reggie

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