On 10/10/13, lauren wilson wrote: > I have a student with ODD in my room. HE is 10 and in 4th > grade. His blatant disrespect and defiance is really hard > to handle when he does it every day. I have had to call for > administrative support twice this week. I can handle the > screaming, but when he elopes the time out area and runs > around my classroom full of smaller children and tries to > ruin my classroom materials (posters, schedule, flag) I am > at a loss. > Antecedent - He doesn't like the work he is assigned so he > refuses to do it.
For a c...See MoreIf you teach young children, I have a stunningly simple, ridiculously easy positive –discipline technique that will change your life. Well, would you believe it’ll make your day a little bit easier? (Because if you’re like me, you’ll pounce on anything that promises to make your classroom even the itsy-bitsiest bit calmer.)
For a couple of weeks during this very long winter, I found myself in somewhat of a slump. The children didn’t seem engaged, they were easily distracted, and they Never. Ever. Listened. I often felt like I was at a very noisy party to which I had not been invited. If I’d dressed up as SpongeBob and passed out pizza like Ellen DeGeneres at the Oscars, it wouldn’t have made any difference. Nothing could pry their attention away from their 24/7 talkathon.
Then one day, as I was leaving a class (I teach music classes for preschool and kindergarten), I heard myself say, “So, next time we’re going to be better listeners, right?” Yes, yes they nodded. Suddenly it struck me...
I yearn for the days when saggy pants are no longer fashionable with students- does your school have a 'no saggy pants' policy? How strictly is it enforced? I see it as a form of defiance. Is it rude to demand a student pull their pants up?