In our classroom, I believe in logical consequences.... If you do something to hurt some one's feelings, you make it right. I explained this to a student today, when he made the not-so-nice choice to break a friend's Lego ship he had built in free station time. He decided to write his friend a note:
It says
Dear _____
I am so sorry I broke your ship. I will do anything to fix it.
Love, _____
These were his own words... I thought it was precious! To me, this has been settled. I think the boys feel like it has been settled, too. I believe that writing the note and having to apologize to a friend was more meaningful than sitting out at recess or getting a note home, however, if your child writes a note like this, I will send a copy home that day, just as a conversation piece.
I appreciate this very much! Much more meaningful for sure!
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