Behavior Management and Strategies

1. Popsicle sticks--There are three types of colored-popsicle sticks used for the behavior chart. Brown is on-task, Green is awesome, Yellow is warning, and Red is off-task and note sent home to parents. As students enter class in the morning, during the morning task they are to sign in with a brown stick on the behavioral chart at the door. If at anytime, the students change their sticks toward red they still have a chance to change it before they leave school at the end of the day. Their behavior colors will appear on their homework sheet, which shows the parents how they were behaving in class for the day.

2. Bead system and Prize Box--The bead system works for both individual and group purposes. When a student or group remains on-task, they will be awarded a bead or so (teacher's discretion)that will be placed in their group bottle to be collected. At the end of the week, the student with the most beads has chance to choose a prize from the prize box or collect five movie stickers to earn a chance to watch a movie at the theater. The group must agree on the reward they are to receive, they all need to agree.

3. Class Store--This reward system works hand in hand with our money unit for math. This took the place of our bead system, students are given money for reward. At the end of the week, they are able to make purchases at the class store. Students now have the choice to learn to save for something they may want/need or just make small purchases.

4. Count Down--Count down from ten to one or five to one. If students are not ready by the time the count down is done; time starts for time to be cut from their activities.

5. 1,2,3 eyes on me--Teacher says: 1,2,3 eyes on me and Students respond: 1, 2 eyes on you.

6. Hand Signals--Students show me, letter b for the restroom and letter w for water.

7. Clapping--Teacher claps hands in a rhythm to catch students attention and I receive a response of clap back.

8. Mr. Freeze--Teacher says: "Mr. Freeze" and students are to stop what they are doing and freeze. They wait for the teacher to say "Unfreeze" but as the teachers says it, he/she will give directions ASAP whether to get back to their activities or give out directions.

9.. Seating Arrangement--It is changed each time a book is finished from Author's Chair. Students have a chance to be grouped with other students at the same time to help manage behavioral conflicts amongst one another.