Saturday, November 26, 2016
New Student Chaos
We were supposed to have a new student joining us in our Kindergarten classroom last Wednesday. Our CT thought this was strange to start in the middle of the week, and so she called the parents to make sure the school had the right day. They replied that the plan was to start on Wednesday, even though their other school had him registered until Friday. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday all came and went without our new friend arriving. Our CT assumed they were waiting until the start of the this week, but this week was only two days long and would still be a strange time to start. Monday morning came and went and we were all a little confused. Around 10 AM, this little guy showed up and joined our class. Everyone was super excited to meet him, but he seemed pretty shy (understandable). The next day came... and he did not show up again, all day. It is hard to imagine planning for this new student, when the teacher is not even sure when he is going to show up or not!
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That sounds like something very difficult to deal with. Is there anything that the CT could to such as talk to the parents about his attendance and their excitement for that new student? I know that when the children are super excited it takes away from there attention span which is already small. It will be difficult until that child comes back on a regular basis for the children to get used to him being there and the excitement wears off. Maybe the CT could come up with a plan for the students so they are not occupied by worrying about the new student.
ReplyDeleteWe got a new students as well, he has stayed in the class though. My CT has a system to how she introduces new students to the classroom. My CT found out the half way through Tuesday that she was getting a new student Wednesday. She only set up half the things her students do daily. She said she always slowly introduces the student to the classroom so the student doesn't feel overwhelmed. My CT made sure he had a pencil box, notebook, and labeled cubby, seat, and locker. This way the new student knew he would have a place and that he belonged. He fit right in and got used to the new school and his classmates!
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