The problem I'm running into is my 3rd period class I have to threaten them almost everyday because of the continual problems I have with them talking while class is going on. I punished them last week because they didn't get to do a fun activity that was hands like the other classes. Once they found out they all came back to me the next day wondering why they didn't perform the same activity. I had to take the first 15 minutes of class to lecture them about their attitudes in class and how right now I don't trust them to perform demonstrations because they want listen. I hate doing this because it hurts the other students in the class. This weekend I have called Parents to make sure this this type of behavior stops because in my three years of teaching this has never occured.
The funny part when I talked to one of my fellow teachers and told them about the students I was having problems with they said they continue to have problems with the same students and sometimes they just skip their class. I hope the conversations I had with the parents will help this week. I hate to have these students removed from my class and put in weightlifting or something. Like my Father use to tell me when I was a child you have show some people that Fat Meat is Greasy. Meaning that you have to mean what you say and follow up with it . I'm sure this will be my last week dealing with this problem. I refuse to allow behavioral problems to damper my class.
I had the same problem with several of my students in my fourth period. I was able to correct the talking problem with very little action against the students involved. Of course, the first thing I did was change their seating. I placed the talkers in the front of the class close to me where I spend most of my time. Next, I gave the talking students three choices. Choice I, stop the disruption of talking or they would have to use the text book, read several chapters, and do all review questions at the end of the chapter.
ReplyDeleteThe rest of the class does hands on activity while they are doing this. Choice II, write a thousand word essay on a subject related to their class curriculum. Choice III, stop talking, join the class, and have a good time doing the hands on activity with everyone else. So far, all talkers have chosen choice III.