Sunday, September 9, 2007
out of control students
i shouldn't title this blog "out of control students" simply because they do what the teachers allow them to do!! in my classroom, the students are to sit @ their desk and do work in their workbooks. this only lasts about 5 minutes until the class in completely disruptive! i would like to control the class myself and engage them in some class work that we do as a whole, but the teacher is ok with them walking around being disruptive! so i felt that it wasn't in my place to quiet the students down if their own teacher didn't have a problem with it. this classroom is the typical classroom when a sub comes in to teach, but the problem is, is that this is their everyday teacher!! another thing that doesn't motivate the students to do their work is that if they don't finish their class work, they don't have to take it home for homework and this is because they are able to finish it in class the next day, and this is a continuing cycle!! i wish i could really step in and change the atmosphere in this classroom!!
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I can see how that can be so frustrating! The good thing about it though is that you know what you don't like and maybe how you would do it differently. You do like structure and you do like group work that is hands-on or minds-on for all students. And knowing that is a good thing.
Maybe next time try participating with the students. Go from group to group to listen in, make suggestions or better yet ask questions to get them all involved.
Good luck,
meredith
I understand how you feel. I would handle my classroom differently to and it's hard to resist the natural instinct to drag students back on task and to keep them quiet. If your teacher doesn't mind, go for it. It's an experience - practice!
Hope all goes well,
Jen
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