| Author |
Message |
Amy J Wiggins (Coachwiggs5308)
Junior Member
Username: Coachwiggs5308
Post Number: 7
Registered: 5-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 4:36 am: |       |
Hey Everybody!! I need help with a classroom management question. I am new to the Elementary scene. I have taught middle school and high school for the past 5 years and what works for them, doesn't work for k-3rd grades. I noticed a lot of tattling among the younger kids. How do I get this to stop? Also how should I deal with it? I want to teach my students not listen to a bunch of kids complain about someone running into them. Help!! |
jane keily (Jkeily)
Junior Member
Username: Jkeily
Post Number: 6
Registered: 6-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 9:58 am: | |
Amy –
Always a tough one and one we all deal with. Here are some of the things I do to combat this. In one of my early health lessons we talk about the 3 D’sreasons for telling (i.e.tattling). If it is 1) Dangerous (where someone could get hurt/injured) 2) Destructive – (where someone is doing something that could damage something – like equipment) or 3)Disturbing (something that the children find disturbing – like someone fighting or hitting or punching). Then if it doesn’t fall into those 3 categories – it is something that they (the students) can take care of!
If it still occurs (and it will) I will usually have the two parties come together and have them share their side of the story with me and then sit and work it out – until it is worked out they are not allowed to participate in the activities – boy that gets them figuring out that it isn’t such a big deal.
Hope that helps.
|
Amy J Wiggins (Coachwiggs5308)
Junior Member
Username: Coachwiggs5308
Post Number: 8
Registered: 5-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 2:47 pm: | |
Thanks Jane!! Excellent Idea!! |
Matthew Bassett (Bassett1976)
Member
Username: Bassett1976
Post Number: 26
Registered: 1-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, September 06, 2009 - 8:53 am: | |
I like how Jane has broken down tattling into the three categories. Sometimes when kids tattle you should pay attention.
I try to redirect the attention to the tattler. I ask the person to tell the other person what they don't like. Example: I don't like it when you cut in line in front of me. After a while they start to get the idea.
|
