You are probably wondering why the address to this site is "tell the toad." Well, it didn't take me long to find out that 2nd graders are masters at tattling. I knew that I needed to come up with a solution for the tattling as soon as possible. I searched the internet for other teacher's recommendation and then came up with a solution I hoped would work.
The theme in my class this year is Frogs, so I took a green composition book and created a cute cover for it that has a picture of a toad with the words "Tell the Toad" under it. I happened to have a ceramic frog figurine that has one of it's hands on it's head and looks like it is full of sympathy. Just perfect for what I needed! We discussed in class what "tattling" was and how to tell the difference between tattling and telling the teacher something that the teacher needs to know or a problem the student is having. If it was a tattle, then they needed to write their tattle in the notebook and we would discuss it later. For the first couple of weeks each time a student would start to complain I would say, "Wait a second, is this a tattle or not?" It was amazing...my students would stop and think for a second and then go over to the notebook and write down what their tattle was. Some students didn't want to take the time to write their tattle and would just go to their seats and soon the problem was forgotten. We take out the tattle book every once in a while and discuss as a class what was written and how those problems could be solved. This has worked so well and I don't have any more tattlers!!
I have discovered how absolutely hilarious 2nd graders are. So I decided to be the tattler in my class and tattle on my students. They have done and said so many cute, adorable, and absolutely hilarious things that I just have to share them. So now I'm the tattler:)
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