My1st grader daguther iscoming home with a note from teacherfor talking. She was in private day care for 4 years where she never got a single note. Then she went to public school kindergarten for one year where she was never in trouble. In first grade the teacher is telling that she talks a lot. None of her teacher complianed before. She is very well behave and mannered girl. Her Teacher is picking on her for sure. How2 handle this sitution. We really need help on this issue .
2007-12-14 03:55:37 · 7 answers · asked by vic t 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
First grade is A LOT different than Kindergarten or daycare because it's a full day and there is lots of academic learning going on. I can't believe you're siding against a teacher! Teachers don't "pick" on kids in first grade.
If you tell your daughter that her excessive talking is Ok with you, you are sending her a terrible message and setting her up to fail in school in the future. The teacher needs you behind her, NOT against her! It's likely that your daughter IS talking too much and you need to face that.
No one cares how much a child talks in daycare, and Kindergarten may have been too short of a day to notice, plus there is more interaction and Kinder is set up differently than first grade. You need to tell your daughter to stop her talking. (Also please spell "daughter" correctly and "complained")
If you're so convinced the teacher is making this up (which I'm sure she isn't), why don't you ask to sit in your daughter's class for an entire day and see all that her teacher has to deal with?
2007-12-14 04:10:17 · answer #1 · answered by Wintergirl 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You need to spend time talking one-on-one with this teacher, without your daughter present. Parent-teacher conference time won't be enough to hash this out.
Find out what methods this teacher's using to control her classroom. Is she a new teacher? Is she separating kids who disrupt her teaching, putting "troublemakers" in the front row, or leaving good friends together (to keep chatting)? She may view your daughter as a threat to classroom quiet.
If she does not have the respect of her students, she will never attain discipline and quiet.
Your daughter is also going through a social growth development stage. Maybe she's made some friends and is finding herself in a giggly stage, or part of a group of talkative girls. If the leader of this group isn't quiet, or doesn't respect her teacher, then the rest of the group won't either.
The teacher *does* see your daughter more waking hours a day than you do (at this point). She sees changes and trends. Don't discount her knowlege, but work with her.
Good luck.
2007-12-14 04:09:20 · answer #2 · answered by Mmerobin 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, you're child's teacher is meddler. I would complain to the principal. (That's what my parents did and it worked.)
Kids talk. I loved asking questions as a kid and some adults had problems with it simply because they had no patience.
There is nothing wrong with an inquisitive mind. More teachers should encourage it (if they really cared).
Unfortunately many adults treat children like a burden.
But that's just from my experience.
I'm guessing the persons who gave me a thumbs down are teachers...
Haha. Don't want to get the boss involved, huh?
;-)
Seriously though. Talk to the person in CHARGE. If that doesn't fix the problem, nothing will.
Meeting with just the teacher will only do so much good as long as they are sincere. It's better to get the principal involved.
What you need a 3rd party that's OBJECTIVE.
2007-12-14 04:15:36 · answer #3 · answered by Benedict V 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Before you assume that the teacher is picking on her you need to talk to the teacher and get all the facts. First grade is different than pre school and kindergarten and they have more rules about sitting in a real classroom and doing work in silence. Sometimes children have a hard time adjusting to elementary school.
2007-12-14 04:05:02 · answer #4 · answered by Diane M 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't buy it. Perhaps the private school cut your daughter a break since what school wants to piss off paying parents over a talkative student. You would do well to meet with the teacher and your daughter to have a frank discussion about why your daughter is repeatedly getting these violation notices.
2007-12-14 04:06:10 · answer #5 · answered by Useful Idiot 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Meet with the teacher and find out exactly what is happening. /Ask her if you can sit in on the class and see for yourself what is happening.
2007-12-14 04:33:43 · answer #6 · answered by DrIG 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
turn her in to the Principal and if he doesn't believe you go have a good argue with her
2007-12-14 04:04:17 · answer #7 · answered by Dr3dh4wk 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋