Field Experience First Grade Classroom

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In my field experience first grade classroom I have two students who are brothers. Their names are “Bob” and “Billy.” They have been in the same class as one another all four years of their schooling thus far. They were in the same preschool, kindergarten, and now first grade classroom. The boys were always well behaved in their previous classrooms but when they got to first grade everything changed. The turn-up or turn-down card method is the behavior system used in the classroom. If the student demonstrates good behavior the teacher will tell the student to turn up their card in which they put the new colored card in front of the old one, and if the students demonstrates bad behavior in the classroom the teacher will tell them to turn down their card.
She explained that the boys are constantly compared to one another at home. Bob and Billy both play flag football and are constantly competing against one another on the field for their dad’s approval. Their father takes the son that scored the most touchdowns to dinner by themselves. Bob and Billy’s’ mother also stacks them against each other at home by only providing desert to the son that finishes their math fact sheet first. The aid explains that they have never been able to play together because they are always trying to be better than one another. She suggests that the boys be separated into different classrooms when they get back from break so that they can finally have something that is just theirs. The teacher and principal agreed that this was a good idea and they came to the agreement that both of the boys would leave their current classroom so that favoritism was not an issue. After the classroom change their behavior instantly changed for the better. They did not act out or disrespect the new teacher and classmates at

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