Discourage absenteeism by randomly choosing one student's desk or chair each day and placing a sticker beneath it. The student who arrives to find the sticker under his or her seat gets a small prize. If the student is absent, of course, the prize is forfeited. (And other students are always happy to pass along that bit of news!)
If you have a student who doesnt have good hygiene, provide the student with a checklist of hygiene activities she should do on a daily basis, such as taking a shower or bath, washing her hair, brushing her teeth, combing her hair, putting on clean clothes, and so on. Have the student write those behaviors in a notebook, and tell her that those tasks are part of her homework assignment. For the first couple of weeks, meet privately with the student for a few minutes every morning to review how well she did her "homework," and praise her for any additional evidence of good hygiene.
Source: Ken Shore: The Classroom Problem Solver
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