I switched jobs back in January and I now teach pre-K at an inner city school where most of my children come from low income families. It's tough work but it's so rewarding, I've had an absolute blast there for the past 5 months.
I have one child in my class who basically tries to do my job over me. If I'm leading circle she tries to take the attention from the board and direct it to her. She talks over me as I'm reading, bosses around the other children and if my coteacher or I redirects her she rolls her eyes and smirks, or pouts and hides her face.
Mom is aware as we've been working together. We both believe she's bored of the school (she's 5 1/2 and just waiting for kindergarten in the fall, she's been here two years already) and that's what's causing the behavior.
Yesterday I was trying to read a book about dinosaurs to the class and I couldn't even get two pages in, she kept talking over me. After the third time I quietly closed the book and slid it over to her. "If you aren't going to let me do my job," I told her, "you can do it."
Right on cue another child in the circle made a "Wahh wahh wahhhhhhhh" losing horn noise, and I busted a gut laughing with the other kids. I feel awful for doing so but the timing honestly couldn't have been more perfect.
Either way, she didn't interrupt me the rest of the day.
I have one child in my class who basically tries to do my job over me. If I'm leading circle she tries to take the attention from the board and direct it to her. She talks over me as I'm reading, bosses around the other children and if my coteacher or I redirects her she rolls her eyes and smirks, or pouts and hides her face.
Mom is aware as we've been working together. We both believe she's bored of the school (she's 5 1/2 and just waiting for kindergarten in the fall, she's been here two years already) and that's what's causing the behavior.
Yesterday I was trying to read a book about dinosaurs to the class and I couldn't even get two pages in, she kept talking over me. After the third time I quietly closed the book and slid it over to her. "If you aren't going to let me do my job," I told her, "you can do it."
Right on cue another child in the circle made a "Wahh wahh wahhhhhhhh" losing horn noise, and I busted a gut laughing with the other kids. I feel awful for doing so but the timing honestly couldn't have been more perfect.
Either way, she didn't interrupt me the rest of the day.
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