They can also walk around and visit other desks during a designated time to listen in on their classmates. As far as organization for all of the Desk Pets information, I'm planning to use the binder shown below to organize everything. This is really how all classroom management should go – find something that your students love and use that as a motivator.

My goal was to keep my students excited and motivated to complete their school work on time, maintain a good learning attitude, and try their best. Desk Pet Daycare Center–Designate a spot on your desk that is a dayare so the pets can be babysat while they take their timeout from the classroom. Read on for the ultimate guide to using desk pets, find out who started desk pets and explore our favorite teaching resources that you can print right now!My simple solution is to put a bin labeled “Pet Daycare” by the door where students drop their Desk Pets (in their individual labeled containers) on the way out.

I know using Desk Pets in my classroom will be ever-evolving based on the ideas and needs of my students.If you are thinking about doing Desk Pets next year, I think you should jump right in and give it a try! Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. For instance: “My Desk Pet will remain in its home while I work” or “I will not touch others’ Desk Pets without permission,” etc.

Please note that although the print size is smaller these bespoke pictures still require the same amount of work and attention to detail. From there, explain what they are, how they can use them, and all the other details of how you envision using them in the classroom.They had to show they were responsible to own a Desk Pet by having good behavior and following our Classroom Agreements, completing all of their classwork and homework, turning it in on time, and keeping their desks and areas clean. I love robots, having tested plenty from the likes of the Anki Cozmo, to multiple Sphero droids, and the latest Enabot EBO X smart home camera robot too.

Even the students who weren’t so sold at the beginning of the year, got into it when they saw the rest of their peers constructing these elaborate habitats. The Desk Pets program in a classroom would replace other kinds of rewards systems such as class currency or marble jars. Make sure that your classroom pet policy is posted in the classroom somewhere where students can view it easily. Teachers are using these as a reward system where students have their little pets and are able to earn food, treats, and other desk pet accessories. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.I think this open ended style of habitat design is really what makes it suitable for upper elementary. After that, if they want a new pet, they need to earn one by collecting all five Pet Adoption Points on their punch cards (free printables below). Another way is to keep how they earn points the same, but add desk pet accessories as an option to “cash out” their points. They are perfect for desk pets because they come in a variety of animals and you can usually find different themed ones throughout the school year as the holidays and seasons change. You’ll just need to adjust the ways that they will earn rewards and modify your expectations to include these little learners.