Soap

On Thursday Toby asked me if he could go see our principal after recess. I asked him why and he couldn't tell me the reason. I told him when he could remember why, I would consider it. He then asked to go to the bathroom and him told him yes. A few minutes later a girl from the class said that Toby was spreading soap all over the wall in between the girls and boys bathroom. I went down and had him clean it all up and it turns out the girl who tattled was also involved. Hmm... kids sure are funny. I called the principal and told him what had happened, but was also concerned that Toby made the mess just so he could go see the principal. He ended up going down because the principal is trying to build a relationship with Toby. Toby also decided it would be a good time to tattle on his friend who was spitting.

Shawn got into a bit of a conflict with two other kids. I came over just to see what was going on and he immediately started to cry and yell that he wasn't doing anything. I pressed on his shoulder and told him that he wasn't in trouble, I just wanted to know what was going on. He calmed down quickly. We have found that pushing really hard down on his shoulders calms him down. He will now come to me and ask me to push on his shoulders. I am just worried other people will worry that I am hurting him. I always verbally say, "Did that help?" Just so others know that I am not punishing him, but trying to help him. I am a little worried that parents who don't know my class and see me making kids do wall push-ups or crab walks are going to think that I am punishing kids. Oh well, I guess if they complain my principal or other teachers can explain.

Michelle also had a meltdown yesterday. She got an eraser stuck in her pencil sharpener. I told her to put it down and we would look at it later. She went back to her seat and kept playing with it. She missed most of the calendar lesson. I told her to bring me the pencil sharpener and that she would need to finish her calendar while the other kids headed out to recess. She burst into tears.  I went over and talked to her and walked her through the calendar part that she missed. Once she calmed down, she finished her calendar and was out the door right after the other kids. I keep forgetting that she needs more time to transition. It has just been recently that it has been a bigger problem, so I need to be more aware of it.