Names on the Papers! Bright Ideas Link Up

So one of my BIGGEST pet peeves is that kids don't put their names on their papers....EVER!! I have tried everything from throwing away work to taking off "points."

But THEN, I thought of something one day that has made this whole "no name on your paper" thing SO MUCH BETTER!!

I hand out their papers, then after about 2 or 3 minutes, I will say "Put a heart next to your name and circle your number."  It changes every time I say it, so they never know what I'm going to do. This one was to put a star next to their name. 

You can see in this picture that these 2 different assignments have 2 different things that I've told them to do. One was to put a star next to their name and circle their number, and one was put a heart next to their name and underline their number. 

Here's another one where I said to put a heart next to their name.

It is really a fool-proof way to make sure names are on papers! AND no one really gets in trouble. IF I've walked around beforehand and saw that only a handful of kids had originally put their names on their papers, then I will give them a star on their card. 

Check out {THIS} post to see what I mean about using numbers. Numbers REALLY make my life SO much easier! You need to read that post.

Check out {THIS} post to see what I mean about putting stars on their cards! It shows that I use stamps, but I now just put stars on them. (this post is from about 3 years ago, so don't laugh at my pictures! lol)

Also - check out Jamie's post about how she manages student work being turned in. (click the picture)

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