Helping One, Helping All
Responsive Classroom Newsletter:
Every year we teachers have some students who present challenges to themselves, to their classmates, and to us. In
Sammy and His Behavior Problems,
I wrote about one such student, Sammy, a third grader who struggled
with impulsiveness, paying attention, completing schoolwork, and
learning to be a friend. It's the story of how Sammy and I worked
together to help him get better at managing his behavior and become a
more effective student. It's also about how I balanced Sammy's needs
with his classmates' needs and my goals for our classroom community.
This excerpt, from Chapter 8, shows that balancing act in action at
mid-year:
