More problems at school
I got a call from Sebastian’s teacher today. It seems the behavioral problems have started up again. He is acting silly and making weird noises when she is trying to teach. She said he is very smart, but can be uncooperative at times. One example is during their writer’s workshop. He had 40 minutes and only did one sentence. She said he just played around instead of writing. I saw this first hand when I was at his class on Friday after the field trip. He just refused to write.
She suggested starting up the daily notes again. It seemed to help last time, but obviously, it was only a temporary solution. He’s having problems in gym class and in the lunch room as well. I just don’t know what to do. It doesn’t seem to really bother him when we take things like tv or going to the park away from him. I put in a call to his school counselor, asking if he could start meeting with Sebastian again. Maybe that will help.
The other thing that really sucks is that next week is placement night at his school. So as they are trying to figure out which teacher to put him with for second grade, all these behavioral issues are coming up again. He’s not a bad kid, but he’s going to be labeled as a problem child. He is so smart, but these issues with his self-control could really hold him back in school. I just don’t know what to do to get through to him. Looks like we are going to be having a big family talk later this afternoon.
