Chapter 4

I loved how the teacher handled the picture day situation. One problem I see at South Range, is a large portion of the day is spent on disciplining the students. This takes time away from teaching, and makes the school feel like a boot camp at times. The other protion of this chapter taked about how to deal with students that feed off each other. I do not agree with the divide and conquer idea. I think if you start sending students to other classrooms, they become a distraction to the class you sent them to.

Chapter 3

One method this chapter suggested, that I've tried on the problem child in my class, was to give the student choices. The other day we were working on a science project and this student was not on task. He asked me if he could move to the back of the room. At first I thought no, but decided to make him a deal. If he worked quietly, I would let him work in the back. He worked very efficiently and quietly for the rest of the hour.
Another point this chapter makes that I feel is important is, " You cannot make a withdrawal when there is nothing in the account." I've been working with all my students on building this account. One student, in particular, has a hard time completing his work. I found out that he is a Red Wing fan. Every night that the Wings play, we discuss the game the following day. Due to this, he always gets his assignments done for the classes I'm teaching.

Chapter Two

Two things caught my attention while I was reading this chapter. First was the delayed consequence idea. I found it very interesting that that a teacher said, "It was the only time the student didn't argue with me." I wonder if this would work with the student in my classroom? He is very argumentative with all the teachers.
The second thing that was of interest to me was "one-sentence intervention." I think this is something simple I could try with the student in my class. I tried this already with the student and it seem to have a positive result. I noticed he is a very talented artist so I commented on one of his drawings, and he was very excited to share it with me.

Chapter 1

I loved the idea of letting students have a cool down period. The student in my class gets sent to the office daily, and he comes back to the room 10 min. later madder then ever. The problem never seems to get resolved.