What a week. The kids did pretty good on Halloween at our Harvest Party. It was the last 2 days that were hard. Did I tell you Toby put apple sauce all over the straws and is also hording pencils? He was asked to put them back 5 times and he kept pretending to do it. He even tried to sneak them into his pocket. My intern finally had to just take them out of his hands. Interesting? We had a special education meeting with his parents to see if he would qualify, but we decided to wait a couple of months. The only major concern he has, other than behavior, is reading. We all want to see if the new meds will make it easier for him to progress in reading. So far, I have seen some improvement.
Shawn has had a meltdown for the last 2 days. Today he had a couple. Our art docent came and did an extremely fun, but messy project. It was really long and all 3 of my students with SPD had a hard time remaining in control. Plus I had one other girl who has behavior issues that was out-of-control. Shawn knocked another kid out of his chair, so he lost art time and I put him in a chair. Then he started wailing, so I put him in the hall and talked calmly about how he had made the choice, so there was no reason for him to be screaming and that he could have hurt the other child. He calmed down fairly quickly. Then when we were getting ready to go I asked him to sit on the carpet 4 - 5 times. Finally I told him to pull his behavior card and he through another tantrum. Then he was running to his after school daycare and he was sent back to try again by that teacher. As I returned to the classroom I noticed the neighboring teacher had some of her bulletin on the floor. I walked back over to see if Shawn had done it and found him sitting in the corner pouting. He swears he did not take the bulletin down. I am not so sure.
Toby was cutting crayons with his scissors and hit another girl in the eye during the art project, so he had to sit out.
Then another girl in the class kept putting her hands in the paint after already having a rough day, so she had to sit out of the rest of the art project. This was after she touched the cutting board earlier. The lock was on, but they are still not allowed to go near it.
Michelle has just been out of control the last 3 days.
How is it, with 4 adults in the room, all these crazy things can happen? Man, this class is hard! They are growing on me though. Sadly, one of the really sweet girls is moving. The first week of school I thought she was going to be a terror. After a week she settled into the routines. Phew!
