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[jiberish]

So parents have called and complained that I am too nice to the children. Usually I let little things slide because when I spend time trying to discipline one child the other 12 are being neglected and become restless. However if they want me to bring the hammer, I will.

But how to do you give good discipline to people who barely know the alphabet? I have methods for general class control. But I am looking for effective means to punish single students that can be expressed to them ith body language.

[T-J]

With first graders, you want to choke up on the love stick a little....

[ttompatz]

[jiberish]

I do afterschool. So I am alone. I do try to keep them busy but my class is more based on speaking. So typically I will go around the class asking every student a similar question. So it is difficult to keep them busy all of the time. This could be solved if they had to write their answers. But then parents will complain that they are not speaking.

It is really about a few bad apples. Although your points are well noted. I do feel there could be room for improvment to a tighter more structured lesson.

[Steve_Rogers2008]

pick one out to be the example and have 'em do pushups til their arms bleed. watch the other maggots fall in line REAL quick.


Remember, I believe it was Dick Van Patton or Miachiavelli who said, "It is better to be feared than loved...."

[ChilgokBlackHole]

Isolation will usually make them stop. Then if they continue to want to distract you during time-out, the clock starts over with their arms in the air. Then if they can't do that, you tie a rope to their belt and the other end to your desk and make them wait outside the door.

If mom has a problem with that, you tell her that if Min-su is going to act like an animal, he can wear a leash like an animal.

[8 years down]

[jiberish]

[bliss]

I also teach after school, public school program.

Here are some suggestions:

If the are really disruptive, have the child stand facing the wall in a corner with their hands in the air for 10-15 minutes.

Use a reward system for good behavior. I have a page glued into their textbooks. On that page I put reward stamps. If a child is really bad, they have a stamp crossed out.

When you are scolding them, glare at them and raise your voice angrily.

Threaten phone-calling their parents for bad behavior. If threats don't work, follow through with a call from your co-teacher/manager to the parents.

Speaking of your co-teacher/manager: he/she should be responsible for some discipline issues. You should involve that person more in these issues - talk to him/her everyday about particular students and how you would like their behavior to change and ask for them to be spoken to.

[Countrygirl]

I teach larger classes and x's (bad behaviour) and o's (good behaviour) work with groups but one thing that worked well with my smaller classes was magic marker. If a child was being bad, I'd say magic marker and start writing the students name. When he/she stopped causing a disturbance, I'd stop writing the name. If I finished writing the child's name then they would be punished ie hands in the air, clean the room after class, writing lines, kicked out of class for a few minutes. It worked so well that the other students would yell magic marker when other kids were bad and it's great when you have 2 or more kids with the same letter to their name 'cause no ones sure who's in trouble.

My daughter's teacher gives coupons for a certain number of stamps and I'd thought I'd try that when I teach smaller classes. Each coupon can be traded in for being first in line to go home, candy, change your seat for the day. Each coupon only lasts a week and then it expires.

Good luck.

[blackjack]