Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Recess and tattling I cannot tell you how often students will come back from recess with issues and tattling on each other. I am not down there for the incident and the teacher that is does not see what is going on or the students do not address it when they are down there. I am flattered that our classroom and I am a safe place and person for them but I have a lot of difficulty getting to the bottom of things and I feel like I waste a lot of class time trying to deal with it. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) A solution to this issue would be to create a "tattle monster" box. This can be a shoe box or amazon box that you decorate to look like a monster with a mouth (slot or opening in the box) next to the box, place some note cards and a pencil. When the students have a tattle, they tell the tattle monster instead of the teacher. When a student comes up to you with a tattle, tell them to tell the tattle monster. You should explain to them the difference between a tattle and an emergency, discuss what kinds of tattles the tattle monster likes to eat "he took my pencil" versus "I fell on the ground, and I need a band aid." Also, going through the tattles once a week at just to make sure nothing serious is in there would be recommended.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: This is a great solution. Rated On: October 8, 2023 8:54 pm Rated By: uGejeW