We have two students in our classroom who frequently will run out of the classroom and do not return to the classroom. One of the students, we'll call him John, leaves at the smallest requests, one day it was being requested to grab a pencil. We know that he has potential, but because of his absences from the classroom he is falling severely behind. He stays on average about 10 minutes each day (if he shows up at all) and that really is just while he eats his breakfast. I was very proud the other day as I was able to get him to stay for an hour and 45 minutes, but now he hasn't been back to school yet.
Does anyone have any ideas to help increase his attendance to school? What are some of the things that your cooperating teachers do increase classroom participation for some of the students who have a hard time staying in the classroom?
In the classroom I am in, we have the same issue. It was really apparent the first couple of weeks I was in the classroom, however one students behavior has been getting better and better. My cooperating teacher uses positive reinforcement to increase classroom participation. She gives more responsibility to the students when they are doing well, and she is not afraid of taking away privileges when need be. Still I am left with some similar questions as you, because typically in the classroom I am in- it is the same children missing school everyday (the students who are falling behind).
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