Continued adventures at the elementary school... I have been working with a fabulous class. This class has been great to observe and work with because my CE is incredible and my class is a great variety of students. These 4th graders have a range of reading abilities, from the 1st grade to the 10th grade reading level. My teacher has been described to me as a "gentle leader" of any group. She encourages, but not too often. She reprimands, but in a way that is constructive, not belittling.
This amazes me.
There is one student in the class and she does NOT STOP TALKING. I have tried proximity. I have tried calling her name out. I have tried talking to her, but she never quite gets it. And its not that she doesn't understand, she just loves talking. She's actually quite brilliant. She does well in every subject, has an impressive reading level, and she goes to 2 AIG classes. I do not believe it is because she is bored, she just has a lot of wit and sarcasm that she has to keep contained all day. She has been moved 3 times already, but she can genuinely talk to anyone and everyone.
So... what do you do?
After researching a few articles to fix this problem, I actually found a couple that were very interesting ideas. From this article, one teacher said that she had a very talkative student and what helped was when she finally brought in the child's parents to observe their child. After this, there was a huge attitude change. First of all, this is a good tactic because it gets the parents involved as well as straightens out the student's behavior. This was my favorite idea. There are more on the website, so I strongly suggest checking it out!
Good luck out there!
Brittany Kertesz
Brittany,
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of having the parents come in and observe the class. Not only is this good for the student that will not stop talking but it also gives the parents more of an insight on what is going on in the classroom. It gives the parents a chance to be more involved. I love it!
Ashley Carmean
Brittany,
ReplyDeleteI swear you can read minds. I was just looking up strategies for dealing with talkative students. I have one female students who talks no matter where I move her. I don't want to put her in a single desk yet because I want that to be the last resort. Thanks for posting this, I will definitely check them out.
Love,
Maya
Brittany,
ReplyDeleteI am glad to see how your are intentionally observing your teacher to see how she handles a multitude of classroom interactions. This is great for you. How do you see the NCTCS exhibited in your teacher's actions? What are things that you will have to continually work on to mimic your teacher? Thanks for the resource.