Behavioral challenge by Jeff

Julianna Korba

2026-03-11 20:17:43 UTC

3rd grade

One student argues over everything. He yells over my teacher and I during lessons, throws tantrums, says hurtful things, disobeys every teacher that he interacts with. This student ruins almost everything for the class due to his lack of respect or care. My teacher and I struggle with him because he is so hateful. Most likely, he could argue with a wall. On Tuesday, he told my teacher that she needed to get her hearing checked because she couldn't hear another student talking.

Kindergarten

2026-03-11 20:58:56 UTC

One student in our classroom just has no desire to do anything related to school. Unless myself or my cooperating teacher is sitting right next to him, constantly reminding him what to do and to stay on task, he will just sit there and stare off into space. This won’t be able to continue when he goes into first grade and beyond, due to there not being the appropriate help for someone to sit next to him 24/7. There are times where I am teaching and my teacher is trying to work on plans or other tasks. Other students shouldn’t have to suffer from lack of instruction or lack of help due to this student’s choices. We’ve tried task cards, where we put a first then schedule on his desk. He has ripped the cards off of the desk and thrown them away. We have tried rewarding with free time for work completion, but he doesn’t care for any of the rewards we have to offer. This student also doesn’t speak unless it is to ask to go to the bathroom or get a drink of water, to even then he doesn’t verbalize much, he just acts out taking a drink. When my teacher or I do have the opportunity to sit next to him and prompt him to stay on task and complete his work, he does well, but he’s yet to gain the independence to complete tasks without someone next to him.

Fourth Grade

2026-03-11 21:16:46 UTC

One student who was in our class struggled with being impulsive and causing disruption. This looked like talking out of turn, constantly being out of his seat, leaving the classroom, and at times being physical with other students. This caused daily arguments between him and other students and between him and his teachers. This student was not fully realizing what he was doing either, often when being redirected or reminded of expectations, his responses included "What?! I'm not doing anything!" "This isn't fair!" and "What do you mean I was doing that?!" This behavior was also reflected in his other classes, where he was sent back from high ability a few times, and would have bad reports from specials. Specifically, at recess, he and this other student would play together, but it would turn into arguments, and the student would push and shove the one he was playing with. This student's behavior was affecting everyone and their learning, since we were not able to get through lessons most days due to disruption. Through documentation, meetings, interventions, and observations from the behavioral/SEL specialist, this student was removed from our class and placed in the other 4th-grade classroom for a trial run to see if his behavior would improve or decline being in a new environment. So far, we have heard that he is doing better in this class, and our class has now been able to get through more of the content.

Abigail Finch- 3rd grade

2026-03-11 21:53:55 UTC

We have one student in our class who is defiant by after lunch then she goes to sleep. We have messaged home due to her being without her medicine but has not made a difference.

Fifth Grade

2026-03-11 22:32:00 UTC

One student in my classroom has oppositional defiance disorder (ODD). Whenever he is in a good mood, he will participate and stay on task. However, if he is asked to do something he does not want to do, if something is slightly challenging for him, or if he doesn't get his way, he will shut down. This shutdown may consist of not speaking for the rest of the day, pushing objects off his desk, calling the teachers and his classmates stupid, making loud, unnecessary comments during instruction, and refusing to do any work. Whenever this happens, my teacher and I try to reason with him and let him know the consequences of his actions, such as receiving a zero or missing out on recess, but then, we just leave him be. There is little we could say or do to get him out of these frustrating moments. One thing I have tried to be especially intentional about is building a strong relationship with him. I have noticed this student receives instruction and direction slightly better from me than from my mentor teacher, so I will try to explain the reasons behind what we are doing and encourage him to keep trying. However, this seldom motivates him out of his mood.

Katie Callison-Second Grade

2026-03-12 00:53:11 UTC

There is one student in my classroom that is consistently talking over my mentor teacher and I. This student has ADHD and sometimes he cannot control himself. It has become a disturbance to our lessons and the students learning. We have taken away Dojo points, emailed home, and had many talks with him but nothing changes. We just rearranged seats and we placed him next to my desk. We are hoping that I can be there to guide him to the correct answers if he is confused or if he is just talking out. If I am teaching my teacher will stay behind him and make sure he is on task and not talking to others.

Third Grade

taylorputnam1229 — 2026-03-12 19:06:28 UTC

We have a student in my classroom who tends to whine, and he really acts like he's younger than a 3rd grader, more as if he's in Kindergarten. He throws fits, and he likes to blurt a lot. I personally have had one experience with him, and I actually corrected his behavior. He has gotten a lot better since I started, so I have seen a good amount of improvement in his behavior. This does happen on a daily basis, whether it's a mild meltdown or a heavy meltdown. It is really hard because my teacher has to threaten him with going to the principal in order for him to stop, when a simple direction of telling him to stop would have worked.

Third Grade

2026-03-12 19:16:53 UTC

Makayla Smethers-

I have a student in my 3rd grade classroom who shows tendencies of being sneaky. The other day, we asked the students to put their fidgets away as they were being utilized as toys more than for a sensory release. After we had asked, one student still had hers at her desk. When we asked her again to put it away, I watched her walk to her cubby. She went to her cubby and stuck her hand in her backpack. She looked over her shoulder to see if anyone was watching, so I intentionally looked away. Because I know her tendencies, I watched her closely when she walked back to her seat. She still had her fidget in her hand. We did address her behavior, but it is not a first for her. She acts like an angel in front of teacher presence, but misbehaves and bullies others behind teacher eyes.

Third Grade

2026-03-13 17:07:47 UTC

One behavioral challenge in our classroom is a student who struggles with not distracting his peers. He has a hard time staying focused so he talks to the people around him. Those students ask him to stop but he does not which leads them to call him "annoying" or "rude" which makes him upset and then he kicks over peoples belongings and hits their desk with his. He easily gets upset and cannot self regulate. He doesn't have really any friends in the classroom because of his social struggles. He does not tell the truth so it is hard to gage when he has done something negative or not.

Third Grade

2026-03-15 19:07:44 UTC

One behavioral challenge in my classroom that we have is a student that always has negative comments to say about everything. The student talks back to us and other students. The student receives a smiley face, straight face, or sad face at the end of every day. There is always a comment back even when there is nothing to say. This student also will raise their hand just to have an irrelevant comment about something random or to tell on another student. We have had talks with the student and the parent as well.

Macy Burton - 1st Grade

2026-03-15 22:38:05 UTC

One student in my classroom gets very frustrated, very easily. He is very independent and does not like to receive help from others. So, doing tasks that are hard for him often result in screaming and throwing his things on the floor. We are usually able to take him to the hallway before disrupting the class, but there have been times when we were not able to get him out there because of how strong he is. He is very defiant, so if he has an outburst in the morning, his entire day is normally spent with the principal or in the calm-down corner of the classroom. There have also been times when his mom has come to pick him up. We would obviously rather have him in the classroom learning, but he typically tries to make it his mission to then disturb the class when he's having a rough day. He is an extremely intelligent child, so when he gets upset, we try to get him to talk about it, but he normally goes the entire day without using words.

3rd grade

2026-03-16 17:44:13 UTC

We have a student in our classroom that has ADHD with (1) parent refusal to medicate. This child is very intelligent, however struggles often in class due to this. He causes regular distractions in the classroom and throughout the school building. Meetings have occured with the administration, parents, and my mentor teacher regarding the next steps. His mother is also a teacher, knowing the distractions and problems and his severe ADHD is causing, but dad refuses medication.

Third Grade

2026-03-16 18:41:27 UTC

I have a student who struggles with either falling asleep to avoid work or getting aggressive with people and objects. When we work one-on-one, he sometimes finishes his tasks, but more often than not, he ends up elbowing whoever is helping or trying to hit us with his pencil. If he doesn't want to work, he'll flip his paper over and start drawing. If I try to take the drawings away, he either get physical or just goes to sleep.

His aggression has been serious enough that the rest of the class has to clear out of the room a few times for their safety. He has an IEP for behavior, but we don't have any academic goals for him yet because we can't get enough work out of him to see what he actually knows. We tried shortening his day to two hours, but that didn't help, so now we are trying just one hour a day of one-on-one time.

Third Grade

2026-03-16 20:57:36 UTC

We have a student who likes to whine and suck his thumb. He likes to act as if he is younger than he actually is. This student does not like to do any work unless he decides he wants to. When we ask him to do work, he has two responses. One is to throw himself under his desk and suck his thumb. The other response is tell us that his mom says he doesn't have to do any work.

Kindergarten

2026-03-16 21:02:57 UTC

Two students in my class have been having issues talking out, distracting their table groups, and not paying attention. We have attempted to move the students to other table groups, but are still working to create an arrangement that fits the students best. Each day is a struggle, and I have even written 1-2 notes home in the agenda lately, but the behaviors continue.

Sam Luttrell - 2nd Grade

2026-03-16 21:13:59 UTC

We got a new student recently in the middle of the week who has major behavioral problems. She is very smart and behaves in structured environments and 1 on 1 but as soon as that structure is gone and she isn't being watched she starts being disruptive and defiant. She is good at pretending to do her work but when it is graded it is almost never completed correctly. She makes very rude comments to her peers at lunch, recess, and the bus lines. One example is she was telling students they are going to hell if they believe in God. She will grab students and hang on them and she lacks social emotional skills. She will yell out in class while my cooperating teacher or I are teaching and disrupt the flow of the class. She was hitting her head on a book shelf and blamed it on one of her classmates claiming she was hitting her. She wants attention and will do anything to get it and take the focus of the teacher off the class. She also seems to not care about learning which becomes discouraging because I see her potential but she refuses to give effort.

Makayla Beesley- Kindergarten

2026-03-16 21:26:53 UTC

We have a student who is very defiant. He is aggressive towards other students, disrespectful to my teacher and I, and is disruptive during learning. This happens almost daily and we struggle to have good days. He also sees nothing wrong with his behavior, when we ask him why he did something that he did, he feels no remorse towards it. There have been times when mom has been called and she will take him home for the day. We found out that he enjoys being taken home so his mom coming to talk with him at the school is not helping his behavior.

Morgan Reger - 5th grade

2026-03-16 22:10:53 UTC

We have a group of students who are consistently doing whatever they can to get out of there work. Walking around the room, making fun of each other, trying to leave the room etc. We give them consequences and try to talk to them constantly, but they continue to not listen. When asking admin for help, they hardly ever respond and do anything to help us deal with the issue. The kids then know they can get away with doing all of this stuff without major consequences.