Thursday, October 31, 2013
10/28-11/1
This week I had an incident with one of my students who was extremely disrespectful and rude. During writers workshop time, I was trying to help him edit his paper, which was a complete disaster. This student who is in TAG, could not take any criticism and gave me attitude everytime I gave a suggestion. When I finishe editing his paper, I told him to write his final copy and he simply responded back with "No". I was shocked and honestly did not know what to say. I've had issues with this student in the past because he believes he knows everything, which is pretty frustrating. As a punishment I pulled him outside and questioned why he was so rude.He has no asnwer and basically stood in silence. I then decided he has to stay in for recess and write a paragaph on why respect is important. The child wrote a good few sentences. I plan on talking to his mother about the sitiation during parent conferences.
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Don't forget to use natural consequences--if he refused to do the assignment, his grade would have reflected his refusal to complete it. That's why rubrics and expectations need to be stated ahead of time. A poor score on a completed project might be enough motivation to keep it from happening again.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Laura about a poor score......I still have a hard time giving a poor score when I know the potential is there.
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