What we did today that helped: 1. huddled around in lunchroom and discussed strategies (IMPT: kids get only one chance to listen after they misbehave, if they ignore or disrespect we call Office Harrison)
2. Discussed who wanted to take a table since we are trying to build a better connection with students (drew map out of lunchroom and made sure we knew the name of each volunteer assigned to the tables)
3. we must make sure that the tables are fully cleaned BEFORE we hand out games. We have to make this clear to our volunteers too, acc. to Office Harrison. This of course does not mean that they cant eat an orange or something while playing but the table and floor must be fairly clean.
IMPT experiences at Wilson Tuesday: 1. 2nd lunch was rowdy, esp. 6th grade boys who did not want to listen or behave AND 2. 1st lunch teachers came late or barely on time and delayed 2nd lunch by 8 minutes because of the traffic jam b/e 1st and 2nd lunch - LETS make sure to look for this as well (its a big concern).
I know some of you had amazing input on how to get kids to listen: clap once if you can hear me tactic?? What are others?
What are some "cool" responsibilities that we could give to students who may be acting out in order to build leadership skills and help them to contribute instead of punishment?
Hello Wilson Team! I am so sick of indoor recess. We need to either find a way for that to be fun (MORE UNO FOR SURE) or pray to mother nature for some better outdoors weather.
I thought the first lunch is going pretty well. The students seem to LOVE the volunteer attention.
I was pretty upset though by some of the actoins of the second lunch boys. Most of the students are wonderful but there definitely seemed to be a domino effect with the older boys where one thought it was ok to disregard directions from volunteers and then more started acting out.
After a discussion with another graduate student at Wilson, we decided to visit the classrooms on Tuesday morning. I want to go to the third, fourth, fifth and sixth grade classroom just to introduce myself, talk a little about the program and then take some of the student's suggestions.
If you are available/interested in coming to the classrooms with me, I would LOVE the company. We are making classroom visits from 9 AM to 10:30 AM. I'm sure it won't actually take this long, but I want to allow for brainstorming time with the students.
My hope is that if they meet us in a controlled environment like their classroom (rather than the lunchroom) with their teachers, than they will realize that we are invested in their school.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS!
And as for the "cool" responsibilities, I had some LOVELY young ladies help me during second lunch put the games back together. Perhaps we could purchase helpers lunch or lunch supplementals, like healthy side salads or a veggie tray or bran muffins.
What we did today that helped:
ReplyDelete1. huddled around in lunchroom and discussed strategies (IMPT: kids get only one chance to listen after they misbehave, if they ignore or disrespect we call Office Harrison)
2. Discussed who wanted to take a table since we are trying to build a better connection with students (drew map out of lunchroom and made sure we knew the name of each volunteer assigned to the tables)
3. we must make sure that the tables are fully cleaned BEFORE we hand out games. We have to make this clear to our volunteers too, acc. to Office Harrison. This of course does not mean that they cant eat an orange or something while playing but the table and floor must be fairly clean.
IMPT experiences at Wilson Tuesday: 1. 2nd lunch was rowdy, esp. 6th grade boys who did not want to listen or behave AND 2. 1st lunch teachers came late or barely on time and delayed 2nd lunch by 8 minutes because of the traffic jam b/e 1st and 2nd lunch - LETS make sure to look for this as well (its a big concern).
I know some of you had amazing input on how to get kids to listen: clap once if you can hear me tactic?? What are others?
What are some "cool" responsibilities that we could give to students who may be acting out in order to build leadership skills and help them to contribute instead of punishment?
ReplyDeleteHello Wilson Team! I am so sick of indoor recess. We need to either find a way for that to be fun (MORE UNO FOR SURE) or pray to mother nature for some better outdoors weather.
ReplyDeleteI thought the first lunch is going pretty well. The students seem to LOVE the volunteer attention.
I was pretty upset though by some of the actoins of the second lunch boys. Most of the students are wonderful but there definitely seemed to be a domino effect with the older boys where one thought it was ok to disregard directions from volunteers and then more started acting out.
After a discussion with another graduate student at Wilson, we decided to visit the classrooms on Tuesday morning. I want to go to the third, fourth, fifth and sixth grade classroom just to introduce myself, talk a little about the program and then take some of the student's suggestions.
If you are available/interested in coming to the classrooms with me, I would LOVE the company. We are making classroom visits from 9 AM to 10:30 AM. I'm sure it won't actually take this long, but I want to allow for brainstorming time with the students.
My hope is that if they meet us in a controlled environment like their classroom (rather than the lunchroom) with their teachers, than they will realize that we are invested in their school.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS!
And as for the "cool" responsibilities, I had some LOVELY young ladies help me during second lunch put the games back together. Perhaps we could purchase helpers lunch or lunch supplementals, like healthy side salads or a veggie tray or bran muffins.