A teacher at a Christian school in Florida has been charged with battery after an alleged incident that sounds like something out of “Matilda.”

Cops say Michael Alvarez put green painter’s tape on a student’s mouth because he allegedly laughed while another student read scripture in class on Monday … this according to an arrest affidavit obtained by CBS News Miami.

The report says this went down at the First United Methodist Christian School in Homestead, just south of Miami … where the alleged victim says he was singled out for causing commotion.

According to the affidavit, the teacher brought the boy into the hallway and taped his mouth shut … which investigators say was caught on surveillance footage.

The police report alleges the 13-year-old was then brought back into class with his mouth still taped, which the report says “caused a disruption as other students began laughing.”

It says the student called his parents, and his dad went to the police, according to CBS News Miami.