Individual Behavior Management

All students have a clothes pin with their name on it.  Their pin is posted on the behavior stick.  The stick has a section for each of the following colors: gold, yellow, orange, red.  All pins start the day on gold for “Excellent Behavior.”  Throughout the day, if a student’s behavior warrants, his/her pin is moved to the yellow section for “Warning.”  If the inappropriate behavior persists, the pin is moved to the orange section for “Time-Out” (see below) and finally red for “Note Home or Call Parent” (see below).

Time-Out Responsibilities:

1.Why am I here? (child explains to teacher)

2.What could I have done differently?

3.What is my plan for next time?

*As the year progresses, the child will be expected to write the answers to these questions on a special form.

Note Home/Call Parent

Parents will be involved with developing their child's action plan for successful behavior.

*Students who follow all rules and stay on green for the entire day will receive an A.C.E. Award and will have their name automatically entered into our weekly drawing for a super prize!

Team Behavior Management

Team Marbles

Students work in teams throughout the school day. To reward teams that work cooperatively, we use a marble collection system to help the teams earn prizes for great team work. Each team has a plastic container on their table. Teams can earn marbles throughout the day for helping and encouraging others, actively listening, demonstrating that they can follow directions during our lessons, and keeping their team area neat and organized. Marbles are placed in their containers and are counted at the end of the week. Team members each receive rewards based on the number of marbles they have earned. Teams can also lose marbles for demonstrating uncooperative behavior. The great news is that they can earn their marbles back when they have worked together to improve their team's behavior. Click here to see what the rewards are for collected team marbles.

Fishbowl Rewards

Teams that demonstrate outstanding team work are awarded with the fishbowl award (a stuffed fish toy). These are teams the teacher wants the other teams to watch and learn from. These "fishbowl" behaviors are ones that should be seen within all the teams. The fish may "swim" to various teams throughout the day depending on which team is showing "fishbowl" behaviors. The team with the fish on their table at the end of the day, receives 10 marbles for their popcorn container.

Tickets

Students can earn tickets or A.C.E. Awards for demonstrating good work in Academics, Citizenship, or Effort. Students write their name on the back of their ticket(s) and place them in a container. Every Friday the teacher draws one girl's name and one boy's name from the ticket containers to win a super-duper prize from the prize bags. The more tickets the students receive, the better their chances of having their name picked!