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Classroom Rules, Rewards, and Consequences
All of our classroom rules in 2nd grade revolve around the following concepts:
1. Be respectful.
2. Be responsible.
3. Be safe.
4. Have a positive attitude.
My behavior management philosophy focuses on rewarding good behavior as much as possible. Everyday, students have a chance to move up on our behavior clip chart for displaying extraordinary behavior and for making outstanding choices. If a student moves all the way to the top of the chart, he or she will get to put a jewel on their clip and will take a happy note home! Each child will also have the opportunity to earn “Behavior Bucks” for an incident-free day or when they are caught doing good deeds, following the rules, displaying the cool-tool in the classroom, or just working their hardest. The students can then use their behavior bucks to purchase rewards from our “class store.” There will also be opportunities for the whole class to receive warm fuzzies (pom poms) for good behavior in class, the hallways, restrooms, cafeteria, etc. When we accumulate a certain amount of warm fuzzies, the class will receive a reward such as a game day where everyone can bring in their favorite games to play, extra recess, a movie party, or an ice cream party! In addition to individual incentives and class incentives, teams of students that sit together can also earn fuzzies for their group by working well together, following directions, and using quiet voices. The number of fuzzies that the group earns throughout the week will determine the number of minutes of extra free-time they get on Friday. Teams should be careful though, I can also take away fuzzies!!
Of course, in addition to rewards and positive reinforcement, there also comes consequences for poor choices. If a student moves to yellow, they are given a verbal warning. Continuing to make poor decisions will result in having to move their clip to orange, which is 5 minutes from recess to think about their choices. Failure to correct their behavior will cause the student to move to red, which would mean losing their entire recess to fill out a behavior reflection form to take home for mom and dad to see and sign.
I would like you to be as informed as possible about how your child behaves at school each day. At the end of the day, each child will color in the correct box for the level they ended on that day. Please initial the behavior log each day and put it back in your child's folder. If there is a major problem here at school and I need your input, I may also contact you with note or a phone call.
1. Be respectful.
2. Be responsible.
3. Be safe.
4. Have a positive attitude.
My behavior management philosophy focuses on rewarding good behavior as much as possible. Everyday, students have a chance to move up on our behavior clip chart for displaying extraordinary behavior and for making outstanding choices. If a student moves all the way to the top of the chart, he or she will get to put a jewel on their clip and will take a happy note home! Each child will also have the opportunity to earn “Behavior Bucks” for an incident-free day or when they are caught doing good deeds, following the rules, displaying the cool-tool in the classroom, or just working their hardest. The students can then use their behavior bucks to purchase rewards from our “class store.” There will also be opportunities for the whole class to receive warm fuzzies (pom poms) for good behavior in class, the hallways, restrooms, cafeteria, etc. When we accumulate a certain amount of warm fuzzies, the class will receive a reward such as a game day where everyone can bring in their favorite games to play, extra recess, a movie party, or an ice cream party! In addition to individual incentives and class incentives, teams of students that sit together can also earn fuzzies for their group by working well together, following directions, and using quiet voices. The number of fuzzies that the group earns throughout the week will determine the number of minutes of extra free-time they get on Friday. Teams should be careful though, I can also take away fuzzies!!
Of course, in addition to rewards and positive reinforcement, there also comes consequences for poor choices. If a student moves to yellow, they are given a verbal warning. Continuing to make poor decisions will result in having to move their clip to orange, which is 5 minutes from recess to think about their choices. Failure to correct their behavior will cause the student to move to red, which would mean losing their entire recess to fill out a behavior reflection form to take home for mom and dad to see and sign.
I would like you to be as informed as possible about how your child behaves at school each day. At the end of the day, each child will color in the correct box for the level they ended on that day. Please initial the behavior log each day and put it back in your child's folder. If there is a major problem here at school and I need your input, I may also contact you with note or a phone call.