I knew this was coming! My first year as a teacher is far from perfect. As you know, I have a tough population of kiddos to work with during this first year. Something that I struggle with is deciphering when students are being manipulative. Feel free to chuckle at that one but it's the truth! Our students can be sneaky at times and it's difficult to know when they're being honest.
Students at our school earn Barracuda Bucks for showing good behaviors. They can then spend these bucks at our school's Reward Center, our classroom Barracuda Mini Mart, or a variety of other opportunities, such as visiting a class at the end of the day. The other day my student spent their bucks to dismiss with another class. It was a rough day and instead of asking the teacher myself, my student said, "Miss Katie, Miss _____ was in the hallway and she said it was okay if I came down today." Little did I know that this student wasn't telling the truth!! Luckily the other teacher didn't mind at all that I had sent him down, but now this student has a consequence to accept. As do I! Just making myself look like a stereotypical newbie at our school....sigh.
I've been wearing this badge lately! We're going to chalk this one up to a learning experience :)
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