Behavior Plan

Mrs. Marshall's Behavior Plan

Flip Chart

I have found that starting the year with a classroom management system helps promote a strong classroom environment and keeps behavior problems to a minimum. On the first day of school my class creates classroom rules together and we agree upon the five most important rules. I find that more than five is too much to remember. I also stress that the students' behavior is their choice and no one else's, which cuts down on the "he told me to do it" claims. I strive to create an environment promoting responsibility for one's own actions.

Throughout the year I use a flip card behavior plan.

• I create a poster with a labeled pocket containing four cards for each student. Each day the whole class starts on the green card, meaning "I'm doing well."

• If there's a behavior problem, I ask the child to please change his or her behavior and I flip a card. I also point out which classroom rule he or she is not following. Below the green card is a yellow "warning" card.

• If the behavior issue continues, the next card is an orange "think about it" card. The orange "think about it card. Student may lose 5-10 minutes of recess.

• Followed the orange card is a red "note or phone call home or trip to the office" card. Also all of recess is lost for that day.

• The following day every child starts back at Green!