An achievement of my partner child

At the beginning of the year, one of my partner children had a hard time paying attention during welcome and reading. She would get out of her seat at our assigned table and sit with other groups. During reading, she would look around the room at what other students were taking part in. I began to worry that she was never going to get a beneficial experience at welcome. I decided to give each of my children a sticker at the end of welcome and reading to reward them for their acceptable behavior. All three children responded to this system very well. The child that started off the year running around and not paying attention was now sitting in her seat and making comments about the books we were reading! One day, she even noticed that her name, and the child’s name next to hers, “both had two a's in them!” I was so proud and this semester she has really taken hold of paying attention and getting everything she can out of reading and welcome.

Kayla Sharpe