Just another week in crazy kindergarten....

Well I survived another week with these hyper kiddos, I'm pretty sure that chocolate milk should be served at a minimum in the public school system. This week it seems like we are starting to realize that our students struggle to listen, follow directions, or zip their lips. It is getting quite frustrating because it seems like it takes so long to do anything! From lining up to packing up backpacks, conversations constantly occur and the students fail to follow simple directions that we have been explaining for three weeks. What is the problem?????? To start, we moved a few students to different tables and this seemed to solve a few chatting issues. Tattling and the "blurts" are getting out of control....ugh. When a child comes up to you and says, " I have something REALLY important to tell you!", you usually assume that someone is bleeding in the hallway or a child has just lost a limb. But, alas, it is 99.9% a tattle. We had a conversation about tattles, but I think I need to move on to the next level.

Blurting is also an issue with my kinders..... they always seem to bubbling up with thoughts that just rush out of their mouths. Distracting, distracting, distracting. Once one student bursts the blurt bubble, then the rest of the children freely release their blurts. NO MORE!  I have developed a blurt chart which will hopefully erase the blurt issue. Each child's name is on a chart and if they blurt three or more times before recess, they must stand on the wall for 3 minutes. This will be my first week of trying this out, so I am sure it will be a learning experience for both the students and me. Some of my frequent blurters are typically all green light students, so I can assume that some tears will be shed.

First tooth lost at school!