Today is December 1st! The buzz in my classroom was infectious! We do hot chocolate Fridays every Friday from the first Friday following Thanksgiving Break, to the Friday before Spring Break. Today was our First Hot Chocolate Friday. The kids were beyond excited about this!
Also, our Elf on the Shelf arrived today. If you are not familiar with the Elf on the Shelf, he/she observes the kids all day then flies back to the North Pole, each night, to report to Santa on how the children are doing. Yes, this is a great behavior management tool!
So.....earlier this week I received an email from a mom telling me that she has been dealing with her son lying. He lied on his nightly reading log about how many minutes he has been reading. She told me this so he would not be rewarded with a monthly pizza certificate for filling out his reading log. The mom told me she actually threw his log away so he would not be rewarded for lying.
In class, the same day I received mom's email, this boy told me his little sister threw his reading log away. I asked him twice if this was really what happened. He stood by his story and did not waiver.
His mom just happened to email me that afternoon, so I told her about his response to me as to what happened to his reading log.
Long story short, I received this note today from him! It reads, "Dear Miss Kwid, sorry that I had fibbed to you. I fibbed to my mom about my reading log so she throo it away. I can't fib any more."
This made me laugh and smile all day!
This was the perfect teachable moment! It was so seamless to discuss how our Elf, the students named her Cookie, reports to Santa each night letting him know that the children have been kind, tried their best, did not cheat or FIB! This little guy turned white when we talked about Santa finding out about kids that fib. I think he learned his lesson! I do not think he will be lying any more (this month)!
