Primary book – “Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse”
In preparation for a new school year, I’ve been looking at lots of picture books lately. One I picked up is the famous “Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse” by Kevin Henkes. I can’t quite believe it myself but I’d never read this book before––and it’s been available for 14 years! Turns out, it’s a great story [...]
How can I help a student who constantly blurts out?
RESPONSE: When there is a discipline issue, my first course of action is to return to the DWS Teaching Model. Guided by the first step, I review my procedures: Have I taught/practiced this particular procedure enough times for this child to be successful? Can I offer this child a chance to find his own procedure or [...]
How can I handle students who won’t take no for an answer?
QUESTION: I teach a class of remediation seniors who have not passed the high school exit exam. They are very difficult to control. Nothing fazes them. There are two or three who simply do not take no for an answer. They ask to go to the bathroom, get a drink, make a phone call. I [...]
Does it matter what kind of home a child is from?
QUESTION: Do you think it makes any difference to the success of the DWS program what kind of home the child is from, or what methods the rest of the faculty uses for discipline? DR. MARSHALL’S RESPONSE: Re: Home Life Focus on the behavior––not the “why” for the behavior. Regardless of the “why,” everyone still [...]
First posted on the Teachers.net Discipline Chatboard. Permission granted from the author to re-post here: 6th and 7th graders are very impulsive creatures — they have been taught to be impulsive by adults. Don’t believe it? Just go to a teacher training session and observe how the teachers behave while the speakers are presenting! As [...]
