after several idyllic weeks, it was bound to happen: this past tuesday the kids were crazy. essentially all of them, in fact. maybe it was the weather; maybe they were undergoing sugar withdrawal from valentine's day. whatever the source, today they all decided not to listen to me. even some of my best kids.
they all felt the need to chatter and move around. i had to have two of them go sit at the table. when the other class came in, they were equally funky. their head teacher had had a bad night the night before, and their teaching assistant was out sick. at one point i had to physically restrain a kid! it was rough. an exhausting.
so what did i do? that day i just did my best to keep my cool, and the next day i reviewed the rules of the class with them. and, amazingly and thankfully, it worked like a charm. the rest of the week they have been a million times better, and have only needed quick reminders of our rules to keep on track.
phew. now it's friday afternoon, and they are all peacefully napping.
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