Behavior Management
OK...this page will go through a MAJOR revamp next summer (2012), however in the meantime, It will just be a collection of ideas for you to peruse...
Mystery Person Behavior Incentive
Each day a Mystery Person is selected. The class receives a
behavior goal to work on during part or for the the entire day.
The Mystery Person is revealed ONLY if they are successful at
accomplishing/demonstrating the goal. They then select a WHOLE
CLASS Reward.
For SMARTboard users...here's the file -
(zip
file)
(dropbox)
(filedropper)
Smellies
Smellies are given for random student rewards and
planned student rewards. Smellies are given on the
insides of student wrists. Students LOVE gettting Smellies!
End of Day Clean Up
The end of the day clean up has just gotten ALOT easier!
One day I decided to take pictures of what the room
should look like after we clean it. I printed the pictures,
laminated them, and now students can use the cards to get it "just
right" for our custodian staff (they sweep/mop at night).
2005 - Present
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We start the year out by determining how learners look and act. Our Guidance Counselor comes in and talks about being "EAGLE listeners and learners" (an EAGLE is our mascot). As a class we participate in team-building activities that help us to understand that in order for our classroom to function well, and in order for our day to go smoothly, we must be a team! We work together to establish classroom expectations. These expectations are our rules. They go hand in hand with any school-wide rules that are set in place by our principal.
2003 - 2005
In addition, our school has developed a school-wide (elementary) behavior system. Although a few classrooms are moving away from this system in search of a better way to manage classroom behavior, and I am one of those teachers. For classroom teachers that do use the red, green, yellow system, they tweak it to fit their own style. The picture you see to the left is of the system that I used to use. We had a "stop light" of sorts. The faces you see are pizza pans [metal]. The "hair" for the faces are clothespins that have student names on them. Students would begin the day on GREEN. Moving to yellow means that a student received a warning or two and needs to modify his/her behavior. Continuing the behavior constitutes a move to red. Students on red must miss all of the next recess or free choice time. Once the "detention" has been served, students immediately move back on green again. Students always start fresh every day.
Beginning in 2006, I started using a different system to manage behaviors. VISIT THIS PAGE for more information.
Throughout the year, we read many books that help us to "build" positive character traits.
Other Behavior & Classroom Community Resources:
Really Good U Classroom Management Series
Be sure to visit Mindy's
idea. I don't use it, but host the idea on my
site for her.
TEAM work Behavior Expectation
Brainstorm Notebook