Yesterday was crazy (but fun!). The students were so cute and excited about their first day of school. The first class of the day did not go as well as I would have hoped, but it went much better the second time around (two 5th grade science classes back to back). One girl brought me gorgeous Gerber daisies and a homemade card -- too cute! The second graders were pretty squirrely by the time I arrived to teach math - an hour and a half is a long time to pay attention! The art students were very well-behaved and did a great job working on their first project.
Caleb was exhausted by the time I picked him up at daycare and would have slept from 5:30 pm until this morning if I had not woken him up to feed him, poor baby, he was so tired! I think his adjustment will be rough because he will only be there twice a week.
For all of the education-minded folks out there, do you have any suggestions for keeping second graders on task?
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Hi there - I'm Morgan's neighbor friend and just found out you are teaching again! My 1st grader Grace is at your school and loving it! For the squirmy 2nd graders I wanted to suggest incentives. Grace had a teacher who once called them "chatty coupons". Basically, kids started out with a certain amount per month, but when the undesirable behavior occurs (talking out of turn, squirming and not paying attention to work) teacher took away a coupon. At the end, child with most coupons or bucks got to choose from $1 store type bin of goodies. The kids learned real quick not to talk out of turn b/c they desperately wanted to keep their "coupons". Good luck!
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