After the second week of student teaching I feel like I am getting the feel of the classroom a bit. I was worried that the sixth graders were going to be out of hand but they are only sometimes, which is understandable. The important thing is to keep the rules and how they follow them consistant and to keep them busy. This is a bright bunch of kids.
My master teacher is a no nonsense type teacher. The kids are scared of her. It's so awesome when she walks in when another teacher is teaching and they go from huge jerks to quiet, attentive angels. It's unbelieveable. So, I have been keeping consistant with the rules. One boy went on and on misbehaving and I gave him the warning, then a turned card, and oops, his card was already turned. He must be buggy today. So that meant detention and a call home. He was upset, but I talked to him about how he could have made better decisions and how his classmates look up to him, so he should behave or they are all going to see him get detention again. And, that would NOT be cool.
The kids all try and push the line a little everyday. They try and see what they can get away with. It's kind of annoying but they are only 10 and 11. That is their job. I miss the third graders though. They look so tiny now.
Posted by andria at October 3, 2004 05:53 PM