I have a challenge this year.  I have 4 very smart boys who don't do any work.  I have tried rewards when they do something but it only worked the first time and then they don't care.  I don't have the money to make the rewards "worthwhile" and besides I don't feel that is a good idea in education.  Also, the parents should be doing that if they want to.  They just sit there and do nothing.  I would be bored out of my head if I just sat there all day doing nothing. 

I have got to come up with a way to actively engage them in the classroom learning.  I tried mini whiteboards today and they just drew on them instead of doing the math requested.  They can't sit in a group table because they disrupt everyone around them. 

If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them.