Classroom Observation - My Troublemaker

I work with a PreK class, and they are 3 years old. Because they are so young and this is their first year of school, they are still learning how to behave in a classroom. There are a total of 11 kids in the classroom, and 7 of them have IEPs. With that in mind, I don't think I have a true troublemaker in my classroom. Occasionally, every kid in the room "acts up." Specifically, this girl, we will call her Lily, likes to give me and the other adults in the room a hard time when it comes time to change activities. Lily comes to school ready to hug anyone who walks into the room. She dresses well and listens...for the most part. I believe she is from a Hispanic background but I am not exactly sure. When I walk into the room, they are doing "rug time," and she always gives me a smile and a wave. She is from a family that speaks Spanish and will sometimes speak Spanish but uses mostly English. Both teachers in the room are White. Once it is time for "open play," the kids get excited and get to play with whatever toys they want. However, they sometimes get into arguments with each other because they don't like to share. For example, this girl, Lily, will usually be the first one to wine and argue with another student because they took "her toy." When this happens, I go over to her and explain to her that the toys don't belong to anyone and that they have to share with each other. If they continue to fight, I will play along with them and say something like, "May I borrow that toy to show you something?" Then, they will give me the toy, and I will show them how I share with them and how they can share with each other. I gave the "troubling students" attention, and it fixed the issue/argument. Once open play is over, it is time for the kids to eat their lunch, and usually, Lily doesn't want to stop playing. It takes some convincing, but I usually make it a "game" to wash her hands and sit down at the table to eat. If that doesn't work, my teacher will step in and strictly tell Lily and whoever else is not listening to wash their hands and sit down to eat at their table. My teacher gives me the freedom to work with all the students and help wherever I can. Since they are so young, they take a lot of work to teach and keep on task because their favorite thing to do is play. My teachers and I are very patient when working with these students because they are just preschoolers who have never been in this type of environment before. While I wouldn't say there is a true troublemaker in my classroom, each one of the students acts up and needs attention, and we are all there to help and give them that attention when it is needed. We never push a student to the corner or anything like that because we want to help and teach these students. Overall, I think my students "act up" sometimes because they don't know how to solve it on their own just yet because they are so young. I also think they act up for attention, and I will always give that attention along with my teachers in the classroom. 

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