three buddies in 1 ESL class this year

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three buddies in 1 ESL class this year

by MaryB

Jun 4, 2011

This year started out with one class I dreaded most days. These two girls and one boy were buddies in ele. school and now were in MS sixth grade. From the moment they showed up, they were very disruptive. Most of the days, it was the three dominating over the class of well-behaved, quiet students. One girl was very loud, tried to dominate the conversation. The other girl was very low SpEd, refused to do most work, tapped her pencil all of the time, a thorn in my side. The boy was 6' tall, tried to be funny, most of the students did a good job at ignoring him- until I'd have to address his behavior. When the SpEd girl went to MX for three weeks, the other two settled down a little, but then the boy got in trouble in the hallways (bullying) and he was absent a few days when he was in ISS or absent. The third girl was able to try to control her loudness and behavior if I mentioned getting ahold of her homeroom teacher. Things quieted down for awhile and when the SpEd girl returned from MX...See More

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stumped I don't have any answers. I am here looking for answers, but I do understand working with students who are almost adults who are very immature and needy, and who have anger and other emotional issues. Parents are exasperated, exhausted, guilty, mentally ill, etc. Admin can only help temporarily by giving teachers R&R by suspending them or putti...See MoreI don't have any answers. I am here looking for answers, but I do understand working with students who are almost adults who are very immature and needy, and who have anger and other emotional issues. Parents are exasperated, exhausted, guilty, mentally ill, etc. Admin can only help temporarily by giving teachers R&R by suspending them or putting them in ISS. I need real life advice.

On 6/04/11, MaryB wrote: > This year started out with one class I dreaded most days. > These two girls and one boy were buddies in ele. school and > now were in MS sixth grade. From the moment they showed > up, they were very disruptive. Most of the days, it was > the three dominating over the class of well-behaved, quiet > students. One girl was very loud, tried to dominate the > conversation. The other girl was very low SpEd, refused to > do most work, tapped her pencil all of the time, a thorn in > my side. The boy was 6' tall, tried to be funny, most of > the students did a good job at ignoring him- until I'd have > to address his behavior. > When the SpEd girl went to MX for three weeks, the other > two settled down a little, but then the boy got in trouble > in the hallways (bullying) and he was absent a few days > when he was in ISS or absent. The third girl was able to > try to control her loudness and behavior if I mentioned > getting ahold of her homeroom teacher. Things quieted down > for awhile and when the SpEd girl returned from MX, > miraculously she had a change of heart. She tried her > best, was concerned about her grade, would do do-over work > after I'd individually work with her a little. > We had a class meeting one day after the boy had actually > hurt someone in the hallway and had OSS. We arranged the > seating chart to help him when he would be returning and I > told them we had to help him out since he was in trouble. > Soon after, two days before the end of the year, he was > kicked out of school due to slugging another boy in the > hallway. The last two days were pretty quiet with him gone. > I have requested that the two (boy and loud girl)be > separated next year and hopefully the registrar remembers > to send one or both to the other ESL teacher's class. The > SpEd girl was held back in this level 3 class, but the > other two will proceed to level 4 and both of us teachers > teach a level 4 class.

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