Hello,
I have a 2 questions to ask. Im in a first grade class and we have this student who is on a behavior plan, and his single parent mother is a elementry school teacher. He loves to prove the teacher wrong and talk back. He loves to get attention, and purposely misbehave. Last week we were doing father day poems to send home. As we were presenting the project the class was very excited. He yells out no , you know I hate doing anything about fathers. The class got silent and my teacher asked me to take him outside. She had a talk with him, but he constantly does things like this. He is a very bright boy but becomes unengaged in alot of the class activities, what could I do to help him become more behaved, and less of a distraction to the class? My next question is on a student who just came in as a new student last friday. He doesnt want to say a word to us, we have tried in english, and in spanish. He usually nods his head if its a yes or no question. He does his work in class, but up to now has not brought any homework back. He dosent talk to his peers either. I have tried talking to him one on one, but he won't budge. We have notified our speech therapist, and prinicpal. What could we do to make him speak it will be a week in 2 days ? We have had testing all this week in math, reading, and today writing. He did awful in math, very well in reading, and he got sick in the middle of his writing test today. We have also tried talking to his parents but they speak very little english, and don't seem to care. We checked his history, and he has been out of school since beginning of May. Any suggestions?
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Hello,
You pose two difficult questions. The first student comes from a broken home, and obviously has a lot of anger he's dealing with. While I feel compassion for him, I know he cannot be permitted to be so continuously disruptive to the class. I think your cooperating teacher did the best thing in removing him from the class. Maybe have him sit in a thinking chair when he says things like that, and have him think about his choices, talk with him later "You can choose to make good choices and have fun with the class, or you can sit here alone, What is your decision?" This gives him some control, and makes him accountable for his actions. I'm assuming if he disrespects authority at school, he does it at home with his mom, and if bad behavior is reinforced at home, it does not help your situation.
The Ell student is probably still adjusting to the new school. Do you have any other ELL's you can encourage to play with him and help him? I had a Russian and a Spanish speaking student who could not speak any english at the beginning of the year, and they are best of friends now. Also you could use pictures/visuals when you teach to help him along.
These are definitely situations that we will be dealing with when we become teachers. I have a similar situation in my first grade class. This student also comes from a broken home and she is the only child. She has run away once from Safekey and no one knew about her leaving until 3 hours later when her parent came to pick her up. On a positive note, she is brilliant just like your student, unfortunately, her behavior disrupts the class and definitely getting on the bad side of her teacher. When I have taught lessons I have geared my plans to be hand-on physical learning, that way I can captivate their learning styles from the beginning. I have also tried to include this student in the lesson material. It has been a success so far, when she has positive reinforcement that allows her to be part of the class instead of secluded, which is what my C.T. does:( This strategy has also allowed me to create an opportunity that challenges her learning, which has kept her distracted from creating any distractions.
Also regarding your ELL student, he is coming into a new setting at the end of the year. This is a big adjustment for a young one. I would give him a little more time to adjust. If he doesn't start communicating or participating than I would find someone to help with the situation. ELL students have a hard time adjusting to a new school system (English, middle of the year, rules/procedures)I would find lessons that contain group activities and peer involvement to allow him to participate or at least sit in and get use to his classmates.
Keep us updated on his progress. I hope these suggestions help. Thanks.
Your situation with the student who is very defiant reminds me of a student in my first grade class as well. She is the same way, very defiant and disrespectful at home and very often disrupts the class with her outbursts. I have noticed that when my cooperating teacher ignores her bad behavior and refused to give her any attention for it, she realizes that if she wants attention, she needs to act in an appropriate way. Of course this took a long time for the teacher to get to this point, but now all she has to do is ignore her or point out how someone else in the class is bahaving in a good way. I think that the student really just wants attention and this is her way of getting it. She is learning that she will not get what she wants by acting in that manner.
Well it sounds like you have your hands full in your practicum class. For the first student, it sounds like the student wants some extra attention. A few things that you could do, maybe start a reward system with him. Maybe he reward him if he doesn't talk out during class with whatever system the teacher already has in place, or invent one with him. HAve him sign a "contract" saying if he doesn't talk out all day then he will get a point for the day, every week when he gets a certain amount of points give a treat. Starting a positive reward system usually helps control behavior. Also you can have him be a teacher, during a lesson that he may very good at have him help you teach it, by passing out papers, or giving him assigned tasks that involve participation on his part. Telling him that he has has be good model for his 1st grade class may help him control his actions better. Trying rewarding him when his good, and not punishing when he is bad.
For the second child, I would maybe start ways to present in class that they like. Maybe do a show and tell every week to help him with speaking. kids who are usually quiet are scared to make friends for fear of rejection. My practicum teacher said that she helped the ELL kids presenting toys they enjoyed in class every week, and translated for the ones who had a hard time to speak english. Once they feel like they are safe and welcome then they would be more talkative in class. Goodluck!
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