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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here. You can thank ineffective parents for this policy. Specifically, the ones who aren't willing to discipline at home and aren't responding to my emails detailing Snowflake's disruptive behavior. Apart from missing 1/3 of 1/2 of total recess time, these kids have no incentive to stop the disruptions and then ALL my kids suffer.[/quote]

I understand that it must be extremely frustrating as a teacher to have to deal with out of control kids but there is a written policy on taking away recess as a punishment.  How could you justify breaking that policy if you were called out on it?[/quote]

They are practicing proper task behavior. My class has plenty of fun, engaging pair and small-group activities. I plan my day's lessons to be balanced. Sometimes, they are instructed to listen and behave as learners (during tests or direct instruction). I make this disctincion very clear, every time we are heading towards the quiet learning sections of the day. I do my part, but kids who disrupt this learning time are being trained not to do so by missing 1/3 of 1/2 of the day's recess to "practice." This is only if the email(s) I send home are ignored or not working. [/quote]

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