The struggle between students and teacher

Assignment paper

Creating a Culture of Peace in the Elementary Classroom

I really enjoyed this article.  Throughout my student teaching I have become terribly aware of the fact that my students do no know how to solve their own problems.  I get so tired of the tattling all day long.  I want to teach my children some problem solving strategies.  The walk away and cool down is something that I feel my students need to be taught immediately.  I want to read the book suggested in this article about teaching compassion through literacy.  Relating to a story seems to be more meaningful than just me lecturing.  In a staff development I recently learned that elementary students k-2 start checking out after 4-5 minutes of teacher lecturing.  I am challenging myself to honor that attention span and speak less!

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Project Reflection

It is hard to come up with a solution to problem behavior.  A plan has been put in place, recurring problems are still happening on a consistent basis.  A conference was held with the parents and three main focuses were laid out.  Knowing boundaries, talking, and time management are the areas that really need the most help.  It is hard when the student has an excuse for Everything.  It is almost to the point that he understands but just doesn’t want to change.