After warning my class once, I warned them again. However, this time was with the threat of taking away their recess. We were in the library, a quiet place, and my students were being abnormally loud. I felt that I needed to make a statement. My belief was that two warnings were enough. On the third time around, their recess was taken from them.
The next day, a parent called to talk to my principal about the recess situation. The parent said that her child should not have been punished because he was not talking. This was brought to my attention. I explained what had happened in the library to my principal and why I decided to follow through with my threat of taking away recess. I let her know I was trying