Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Scenario 1
I encountered a student during my time in the classroom who is constantly trying to get my attention and the attention of the teacher. I know that he could be a very good student but he does not use his time wisely and is sometimes disruptive when the other students are working. I think that he needs constant attention and, unfortunately, finds a negative way to do it most times. He also feels that he needs to be the class comedian. I tried not addressing his antics in the hopes that he would stop but it has continued for the entire three weeks. Most times when he is acting up a lot, the teacher is outside of the classroom but he will still be mildly disruptive even when she and I are both there. After asking him to quiet or settle down once or twice in a class he is usually pretty good. It would be my goal for him to be able to come into class and get to work without the usual 5 or 10 minutes of his antsy stand up comedy routine. Is there a good way to achieve this goal?
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when students first get to class give students a few minutes to do things that would get their energy out. This will then help with the rest of the class. If you give everyone attention at the beginning of class then they will all fel special and calm down. I really think that this works and so does my mentor teacher. Try it out, it can't hurt.
The first thing I would do is to call the parents and ask how they handle his antsyness. You might find that it could be something very small that will make a big difference. The next thing I would probably do is sit down with him outside of the classroom, and talk to him about how he is hurting himself and how he is affecting the classroom. You should try to find a way for him to focus all his energy on the work, and not on disruptiveness. That goes back to finding out what interests him and how you can apply it to the lesson.
When he comes in cut him off at the root. Point him out immediately, maybe give him some personal time really quickly. But then go to the classroom. Give him some time and get to him quickly before he has a chance to be a disruption to the whole classroom. Really get in there and make sure the class at least can focus if he can't.
Maybe you could start the class out with some type of kinesthetic activity that relates to the material you will be covering. This would give the student a chance to move and it could provide a constructive way for him to get some attention, and he would learn at the same time. If that isn't helpful then I would try to talk to the student outside of class about the situation, and if that was still not helpful I would call the parents and ask them for suggestions.
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