tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119176881413523983.post5937019163874145092..comments2023-10-29T02:51:03.535-07:00Comments on 4th & 5th Grade Happiness: Sometimes I Wish..... I Had That Magic WandWendy Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03886017464734885747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119176881413523983.post-22129612563357337292013-09-13T20:29:29.407-07:002013-09-13T20:29:29.407-07:00You could try the phrase I use on my own kids when...You could try the phrase I use on my own kids when they try to argue with me.... "Already answered". Thats it. Ive learned that getting into an arguing match with a child just makes them stronger and us weak. This simple statement usually just defuses any continuing backtalk.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899708060374363406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119176881413523983.post-88681524681420410062013-09-13T03:48:04.351-07:002013-09-13T03:48:04.351-07:00I have had a few kids like that (thankfully it has...I have had a few kids like that (thankfully it has been one at a time!) What I have found works for me is the phrase "I win." When I realize that a child is challenging my authority in the classroom I have a private conversation with him (normally while the other kids are in lunch) We talk for a few quick min. I remind that child that they can have a fun year with me or a miserable year with me, but I will always win. They can either be obedient and positive or disobedient and negative-the choice is up to them, but I will always win and they will have to deal with the consequences of their choices. I ask them how they want it to be, a fun year or an awful year.<br />After that talk-when they first start to be argumentative again all I do is I look at them and say "I win." That normally makes them stop and assess themselves and stop. If they don't stop you do need to be prepared to give them some type of consequence (so they know that you really do win.)<br />Just a suggestion of something that has really worked for me.<br /><br /><a href="http://hunterteachingtales.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Hunter's Teaching Tales</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hunterteachingtales" rel="nofollow">Find me on Facebook</a><br />Bethany Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304642220863454586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9119176881413523983.post-76465131676157532532013-09-12T20:31:45.002-07:002013-09-12T20:31:45.002-07:00Thanks for your post. Your class sounds like mine...Thanks for your post. Your class sounds like mine this week. It is good to have some place where we can all vent.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05321216388263465124noreply@blogger.com