The classroom management style used in my field experience classroom is a school-wide behavior management chart. Each day the students start on the color "green" throughout the day they can either move up or down the chart based on their behavior. If the teacher needs to tell the student to stop what they are doing more than once or twice the student then has to go move their clip down on the chart. When students are listening really well, being super quiet, or doing what they are supposed to without the teacher telling them she will have him move their clip up. Students who receive "pink" get VIP privileges the next day and get the sit at a special table instead of their normal seat. Whichever color the students get is marked in their take-home folder at the end of the day for parents to see. Each color is also worth a certain amount of classroom money that the students can use to do fun activities like watching a movie at the end of the 9 weeks. STO...
I love it! I like the brag tag idea, I've never heard of that before. I also think the motivational wall is a good idea...sometimes we all need a little pick me up !
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tracie. We all can benefit from a motivational wall! Especially when the students take part in creating it. I feel that makes them feel that they are part of a community as well as having a part in the learning process. It would be cool when you notice signs of student struggles or undesired behaviors to be able to refer to this wall. Or begin each day picking out a quote and talking about how it can be used for the day. I like the flashlight Friday idea, that is super cool and I feel that the kids would love it. I think that rewarding children with such activities as well as the homework punch card provides a tangible reward for all of their hard work, further motivating them to work harder! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI really like the brag tags! Like Tracie, I have never heard of that before. I know a few teacher who do the flashlight Friday in their classroom and the kids go crazy for it. I also know that children would love to make things to go on the motivational wall, they enjoy that sort of stuff!
ReplyDeleteBrag tags were super cute! I need to find a way to incorporate that into my middle school classroom. (: Also, love the flash light activity. Oh, how I would love some relaxing quiet time at the end of a busy week myself. Thanks for the ideas.
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