Welcome to Room 6!

 Behavior Management

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In our class, we use a Clip Chart system that has 7 sections. The sections in order from top to bottom are as follows: Outstanding, Role Model, Good Day, Ready to Learn, Think About It, Teacher's Choice, and Parent Contact. Each day, every student will begin in the middle of the chart on Ready to Learn. Through making expected and exceptional choices, a student will be able to earn his/her way up the chart to the Outstanding block. If a student breaks a rule, then he/she will be asked to move down on the clip chart. 

 

In our class, we do POSITIVE interactions. I truly believe in positive reinforcement and am always looking for students that are making not only expected choices, but outstanding choices! I am always trying to "catch" students at their best. :) 

 

What I love most about using the Clip Chart is that a student is always able to improve his/her behavior. Students can move up towards Outstanding from ANY position on the chart. Once a student clips up to Outstanding and remains there all day, a gem will be added to his/her clip! Once a designated number of gems has been collected, students will receive a brand new clothes pin and retire the gem filled clip to our classes "Outstanding Hall of Fame". 

 

Consequences for showing UNEXPECTED behaviors:

 

If a student shows unexpected classroom behaviors (these behaviors have been discussed as class), the following actions will be taken.

 

If a student is asked to clip down to Think About It, this means he/she has already received a verbal warning from me and is continuing to demonstrate unexpected behaviors. Upon clipping down to Think About It, the student should use this a time to THINK about what expected behaviors look like in the classroom setting and decide to change his/her behavior.

 

If a student is asked to clip down again to Teacher's Choice,  this means the student is continuing to make unexpected choices. The student will automatically lose 5 minutes of recess time to have a quick chat with me about his/her behavior. (Students will still lose recess time even if he/she is able to clip up again. Even though the student loses recess time, he/she is still able to reach Outstanding and receive a gem at the end of the day.) 

 

If a student is asked to clip down to the final block Parent Contact, this means the student is diregarding classroom expectations and will lose all of lunch recess. During recess time, the student and I will sit down to write a written reflection of his/her behavior to be brought home and signed by the parent(s). The form should then be returned to me on the next school day. Also, depending on the student behavior, this would also be a time that I would call home and/or refer the student to talk with Dr. Pfaff. (Students will still lose all recess time even if he/she is able to clip up again. Even though the student loses recess time, he/she is still able to reach Outstanding and receive a gem at the end of the day.)