I share one large art room with another art teacher. A large cabinet divides the space. The sped teacher asked my colleague if she could use his room during her plan in order to give her kids a different environment.
These kids are, for lack of a better word, extremely retarded. Profoundly low-functioning. There's about 6 of them, and half of them make very loud moans and shrieks all class. It seems to go into a fever pitch at times.
My class is mature about it, but it is so difficult to focus in this environment. Not to sound insensitive (as if I haven't seemed that way already), but it really does sound like a zoo and I am getting frustrated.
Do I need to suck it up or should I try talk to the teacher?
East academic: I do have blended classes, I read their IEP's, and I even have a couple of "special" kids in some of my classes that shouldn't be there b/c they're not in my academy. I kept them by choice.
The kids I am speaking of cannot communicate or even feed themselves. Their IEP states they must be self-contained.
I have a "retarded" cousin and nephew and that word is how my family refers to their "condition." Pardon me for not using more p.c. wording, but sharing a room with "unique" and "different" kids isn't exactly a justification for being distracted while trying to teach. Have you ever tried to teach a class with a chorus of "ehhhhhhh's" and "maaaaaaa's" being yelled?
And by mature, I mean the kids don't make fun and laugh. What they do when these kids enter is fall into an awkward, uncomfortable silence. Don't think that b.c. you choose to describe them differently that you are holier than thou. These kids are retarded. Plain and simple.
These kids are, for lack of a better word, extremely retarded. Profoundly low-functioning. There's about 6 of them, and half of them make very loud moans and shrieks all class. It seems to go into a fever pitch at times.
My class is mature about it, but it is so difficult to focus in this environment. Not to sound insensitive (as if I haven't seemed that way already), but it really does sound like a zoo and I am getting frustrated.
Do I need to suck it up or should I try talk to the teacher?
East academic: I do have blended classes, I read their IEP's, and I even have a couple of "special" kids in some of my classes that shouldn't be there b/c they're not in my academy. I kept them by choice.
The kids I am speaking of cannot communicate or even feed themselves. Their IEP states they must be self-contained.
I have a "retarded" cousin and nephew and that word is how my family refers to their "condition." Pardon me for not using more p.c. wording, but sharing a room with "unique" and "different" kids isn't exactly a justification for being distracted while trying to teach. Have you ever tried to teach a class with a chorus of "ehhhhhhh's" and "maaaaaaa's" being yelled?
And by mature, I mean the kids don't make fun and laugh. What they do when these kids enter is fall into an awkward, uncomfortable silence. Don't think that b.c. you choose to describe them differently that you are holier than thou. These kids are retarded. Plain and simple.