We have a third grade student who is a runner! Last week in transitioning to another class, I found him outside climbing the fence. He has been at our school for the last three years, and somehow, teachers have been able to manage. This year his teacher is overwhelmed and is not willing to have the student in his class. The team met and decided to have the student rotate every 30 minutes to a new teacher where he will be distracted until they are able to get this student into a self-contained ESE school. I do not agree with this as I was one of the teachers he worked with in his rotation. Working one on one, this student is great. He is smart, he loves to read, and he has good conversation skills. After more students joined our group, I noticed he started to be disruptive and stomp his feet.
Do you have any suggestions on how we can work with this child without disrupting the entire class in doing so?
Great solution.
Giving him a partner is a great idea.
Thank you.
That is a great idea and a great way to monitor their work and the quality of the work they are putting in. Some students do enough to get by and others go above and beyond.