I am working with my kids on checking in, but I find that my first graders are so excited to be doing well that their reflections don’t accurately represent the reality of what happened. Do I ignore their mis-remembering or help them to reflect reality?

The two kiddos who struggle with stamina the most are always the first to say that they did a great job and had no problems whatsoeve. In reality, they were rolling around on the floor or playing.

Both students have been the model of what not to do and have shown, through modelling, that the know what is expected. But when the time comes they are not following the expectations and looking at me with those plaintive eyes that beg for acknowledgment. (I am monitoring without looking at them).

The attention span is about 20 seconds for the two of them. I don’t want to hold the rest of the class back, but I don’t want them to learn the wrong behaviors either. Help!