Across the room I saw Sawyer and our new student fighting over a pencil. (Pencil ownership is a serious business in kindergarten, as is your spot in line, and whether or not you get to play at recess.) I will write about her later. Let me just say that when she is bad, which is most of the time, she is very bad.
The pencil situation was escalating and the sought after pencil was getting dangerously close to their little eyes. I called Sawyer to come quickly. I shouted his name across the room to get his attention. He reluctantly stopped fighting and came up to me.
I explained to him that getting in someone's face and yelling for your pencil back will make things worse. It will not help. I explained that our new student did not know how to behave in our room yet and he had to be patient. So, next time that happens, I told him, you come and tell me, or you ask for your pencil back nicely. He said he understood.
I watched as he made his way back to the the pencil stealer. "Can I please have my pencil back?" She gave it to him! I called his name across the room. Sawyer, did it work? I smiled and he smiled back and nodded his head. Yes it did.
Lesson Learned.
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