At the end of the day I make a huge deal out of how many times someone’s name was written down.” – Lauren S. Have them write down a classmate’s name on a sticky each time they notice them doing something good. 2 – Look for the Positives, not Negatives Many teachers then follow up the book by creating a chart that has the 5 Rules discussed in the story and refer to them whenever tattling starts. Will a bad case of Tattle Tongue teach him a lesson? He tattles on his classmates, his brother, and even his dog! But one night Josh wakes up to find that his tongue is very long, yellow, covered in bright purple spots, and Itchy, Itchy, Scratchy, Scratchy… No one likes “Josh the Tattler” because he tattles way too much. Ways to Stop Tattling 1 – Read A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue by Julia Cook And they came up with some ingenious ways to stop tattling in your classroom!

How do you get rid of tattling in your classroom? It became such a big problem that our Fearless Facebook Teacher Groups started having conversations about it. As they walk towards you, you know it’s coming and all you want to do is put on earmuffs. Your students’ voices even change when they are tattling. “Teacher… (insert name here) is talking.” “(So and So) wouldn’t play with me at recess.” “(Insert name) took my pencil.” TATTLING is like nails on a chalkboard.

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