OK... my situation is different as my son is MATH. But I got creative b/c he needs to get MORE reading/writing in. so....
one of our discipline techniques has been... get ready -
I purchased the entire 26 book series of the "Help Me Be Good" books.
When my children show behavior that we would otherwise give consequence for... they have to pick the appropriate book, read it aloud then complete a worksheet.
The books are a normal 2-4th reading level and about 22 pages. (Way easy for gifted readers but perfect for that developmental age in terms of social learning practices/skills) The text is on one page and cartoons on the other... but kids love flipping through them.
They have to write out the worksheet which has questions:
1. What happened (that I had to read the book)
2. What did I learn from the story
3. What can I do differently next time
They only complete it when they have sentences that reflect good writing - complete sentences... capitalization, punctuation.
kills 3 birds with one stone - discipline, reading, writing!
I like this a lot!
