Grandpa, Dennis the Menace, Betty Crocker, and a jelly bean. Oh the personalities represented in my classroom.
Today Dennis the Menace made a few poor choices. Hitting, scratching, yelling - generally naughty things. After constantly reprimanding and taking away privileges from Dennis, the other students began to sigh and groan whenever he did the wrong thing. Just before the day was out, Dennis pulled his last trick out of the bag and was about to fling a coin across the room when Grandpa hopped up from his shape on the rug and forcefully blurted out, “NO, don’t!” Dennis, a bit startled, turned and made a face - but he put the coin away.