Behavior Management Strategies

1. Privilege Sticks (Popsicle sticks)

• Restroom Procedure & Drinking Water Procedure: Students who want to use the restroom or drink water are allowed to use their privilege stick. They are only given one privilege stick to use per day to use the restroom or to drink water.

2.Bell System (Ding!): I’ve modified Harry Wong’s version of the attention grabber for his students. When Ms. Guerrero or I rang the call bell, the students will clap 5 times – pause – clap 5 times again – then show me their ten fingers. The students are supposed to freeze and actively listen to the teacher. This management strategy works because it is very hard to compete with 24 students who are constantly talking or not paying attention. With this strategy, you are able to capture the student’s attention and have them focus on you without being distracted by their pencils, their work, their classmates, etc.

3.PAT (Preferred Activity Time): When the call bell rings, the students are supposed to do the clapping sequence and freeze. If the students don’t automatically freeze, the teacher monitors the amount of time it takes for them to completely freeze. At the beginning of the week, the class is given 15 minutes of free, social time to catch up with their work or play a game with their classmates. However, the 15 minutes can be reduced according to the amount of time it takes for the students to completely freeze. For example, if the call bell rings, and the students are not completely frozen for 30 seconds, then 30 seconds will be deducted from their free time. Now, they only have 14 minutes and 30 seconds for their social time on Friday.

4.Conduct Cards:

• Every Monday, all students start off the week with green conduct cards. However, when they misbehave, we tell them to “flip their card.” The next color after green is yellow, in which a warning is given. Students must fill out a conduct card sheet explaining what actions caused them to flip their card. At the end of the day, the students will use the 5 day review chart and color the bubble that corresponds to their card for the day (ex: if you had a green card for the entire day, you color the bubble green. If you flipped your card once, you color the bubble yellow.) At the end of the week, the teacher collects the individual review chart to monitor the student’s behavior.

• Green = Keep up the Good Work, Good Job, SUPER TURTLE!

• Yellow = Caution! 1^st warning given. Fill out conduct card.

• Blue = 2^nd warning given. Time out! Fill out conduct card.

• Red = STOP! TIME OUT! Fill out conduct card. Parent/Guardian will be contacted. Referral to the office.
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