Re: 9Th Grade AIS Class- Need Help
Posted by Good Teach on 5/08/08
On 3/30/08, GoodTeachwrote:
> This was posted in the wrong board earlier.
>
> Hello all,
>
> This is my first post on this board. I am a first
year
> teacher teaching middle school social studies (6th, 7th,
and
> 8th grade).
> My question may seem a little odd. I have heard many
> things about how to improve your classroom management
> situation and they all stress getting it right at the
> beginning of the school year. What do you do if you bombed
> at the beginning of the school year? How do you get
> control? I have made strides in this and have been looked
> at as mean. I can see where these kids are coming from
> because I was too lenient on them at the beginning of the
> year and since about November I had to change the
situation.
> Things were going good until after testing (Louisiana
> LEAP). Now the kids seem to have turned off. Yesterday I
> had students blatantly copying off each in class. It seems
> the tighter I grip the more of these kids seem to slip
away.
> I don’t want to be super strict. If they were working
> together that would be fine but that wasn’t the case. I
> collected the assignment and will be handing it out again
on
> Monday for homework. On one hand there is nothing to stop
> them from cheating outside of the classroom, but at least I
> won’t see it.
> Maybe I’m taking this a little too personally. I
could use
> some advice on this. I’d hate to think I have to just live
> with the situation until the end of the year. I will more
> than likely have most of these kids next year being that
the
> school is K-12 so I believe I will have this problem next
> year as well.
>
> GoodTeach On 3/26/08, Peter wrote:
> Hi Alexis
> I understand how hard classroom management can be during
your
> first year, especially with a repeater class. Have you tried
> to incorporate fun activities into your lessons such as Math
> Jeopardy? Sometimes students need a change in pace to become
> interested. I know its not much but I hope it helps good
luck.
>
> On 3/24/08, Alexis wrote:
>> I am a 1st year teaching and I am teaching a 9th grade,
>> AIS, Math double period class, repeaters. With the last
>> few weeks left in the semester I am having trouble keeping
>> the students on track and focus. The majority of the
>> students have missed a big chunk of the class due to
>> suspensions, bad behavior, and poor attendance. They are
>> failing most if not all of there classes.
>>
>> My problem is they don't listen. It’s a small class, but
>> all of the students act out in some fashion. The girls
>> scream at the boys, the boys scream out inappropriate
>> words and actions and I just don't know how to handle it.
>> I have already kicked several students and had assistance
>> from the deans and my AP but the results last maybe a day
>> or to.
>>
>> How can I change the atmosphere in the class or does
>> anyone have any suggestions?
Posts on this thread, including this one
- 9Th Grade AIS Class- Need Help, 5/07/08, by Alexis.
- Re: 9Th Grade AIS Class- Need Help, 5/07/08, by Peter.
- Re: 9Th Grade AIS Class- Need Help, 5/08/08, by Jeff.
- Re: 9Th Grade AIS Class- Need Help, 5/08/08, by Tom.
- Re: 9Th Grade AIS Class- Need Help, 5/08/08, by Good Teach.
- Re: 9Th Grade AIS Class- Need Help, 5/08/08, by Tom (The Actual Person).
- Re: 9Th Grade AIS Class- Need Help, 5/10/08, by zodea.
- Re: 9Th Grade AIS Class- Need Help, 5/12/08, by Tom.
- Re: 9Th Grade AIS Class- Need Help, 5/12/08, by Jenna.
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