I used to have a very difficult 3-4th grade class. I HATE it when a
class drives me to get angry, and after a few episodes I instituted a
new activity: when that class came in we had a "silent library" day. No
one, including myself and the teacher, was allowed to speak out loud -
communication happened via notes and sign language. It was intended to
be a sort of punishment, but they loved it and frequently asked to do
it again. It ended up being an occasional thing, maybe once a month,
over the course of two years (this was a multiage 3-4 class). We even
played silent Library Bingo, the challenge being that if anyone spoke
there would be no prizes handed out. The behavior on the "talking" days
improved somewhat but more importantly I had a means to quiet the class
instead of getting angry - if they were too raucous we immediately
moved into silent mode. I used it with a couple of other classes but
mostly with this one troublesome class. It would be fun with 7th
graders - dare them to do it successfully and have some kind of a
carrot for pulling it off.
Good luck-
Cathy
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Cathy Rettberg, MLIS
Head Librarian, Menlo School
Atherton, CA
crettberg@menloschool.org
On Friday, September 24, 2004, at 06:07 PM, Christine Traum wrote:
> Hi Again!
>
> I teach Pre-K through 8th Grade. All my classes are great and with
> one
> "teacher look" I can get them back on track. However, I have a 7th
> Grade class
> which is really frustrating me...already! They are very disrespectful
> and I
> really don't know what to do. The only comfort I can take is that
> other teachers
> have trouble with them too. I am sure it is karma...I wasn't exactly
> angelic in
> the 7th Grade either! ;-) I have them LAST period of the day on
> FRIDAYS!!!
> Please tell me how I cansurvive this year without a flask and some
> Prozac!
> LOL
>
>
> Christine Traum, Librarian
> Catholic Academy of West Buffalo
> 1069 Delaware Avenue
> Buffalo, NY 14209
> ctraum@cawb.org
>
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