Sparking Student Motivation: Clean Desk Fairy

A student's desk: 

Home to folders, books, and pencils.

Also home to leftover snacks, broken crayons, and empty water bottles.

I am often amazed at the crazy/gross/unexpected things I find in a student's desk.

I expect their desks to look like this:

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But too often find this:

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Today I'm going to share an idea that motivates my students to clean their desks regularly and keep them organized:

Introducing my little helper...

The Clean Desk Fairy!

Every couple weeks I, I mean the The Clean Desk Fairy does random desk inspections. 

She flutters about the classroom and if she finds a desk that tickles her fancy (clean, neat, organized, no loose pencils, crayons, papers, etc.), she leaves a little treat:

Right now she leaves Pixie Sticks (her wand) on desks that she deems clean and tidy. 

At different times of the year she leaves different treats - I usually try and choose candy that I don't like so I'm not tempted to empty the bag myself :)

 Here are some free cute desk fairy notes you can use:

Click HERE to download your Clean Desk Fairy notes.

The Clean Desk Fairy comes on all days of the week and has even been known to come twice in one week - or even two days in a row! That really threw my kiddos for a loop :)

How do you motivate your students to keep their desks clean?

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