"Don't listen to her," she thought she whispered to her friend. We were rehearsing for their musical when I told her and her friends to be quiet and listen to the teacher. She rolled her eyes. Earlier during the class she told she didn't have to listen to me because I don't talk to her. She's right, I hadn't spoke to her, directly, because she wasn't in a class that I was responsible for. And now she was. "Don't listen to her." Her and two friends did their best to ignore my instruction, but they also wanted to learn the song for their musical, so they quieted down. Towards the end of class, I called each member of their group by name and thanked them listening to the teacher. Then I complimented the leader for singing well--she did have a nice voice.
Classroom management, I learned today, begins with having a repour with each student.
