Classroom Management

School-Wide Unity Expectations

*Use kind words and actions

*Need to keep our hands, feet, and objects to ourselves

*I will follow staff directions the first time given

*Take ownership of our actions and learning

*Yield and walk silently throughout our school

 

                           Classroom Behavior Management System

School-wide rules will be discussed and practiced so students understand them well.  They will be based on principles of mutual respect (to people and things) and always trying our best.  These behaviors are expected behaviors which will be acknowledged through positive verbal reinforcement and honest words for their effort and hard work.

What happens if a student breaks a rule? These are the steps I will be following with each student when they break a rule.

If a student chooses to not follow the rules and/or expectations, the teacher will give a reminder or a warning first. 

If the behavior continues, the teacher will walk over to the student and privately communicate the inappropriate behavior so the student can take a minute to breathe and reset to make smart choices. 

If the behavior continues, the teacher will privately tell the student to do whatever he/she needs to do to make the situation right again. The next step for not following a rule and/or expectation would be a logical consequence. An example would be: “It looks like you’re having a hard time completing your work with all these kids nearby.  Go ahead and move over to the quiet table so you can concentrate.”

If the inappropriate behavior continues after the logical consequence, the student will be asked privately to go to the “Calm Down Area” and fill out a behavior form to help think about their behavior.  The teacher and student will then talk about what the student needs to do to return to learning.  At the end of the school day the behavior form the student filled out will be sent home for the parent to read, discuss with their child, sign, and return to school the next day. 

Students can earn two Gilbert Bucks during the school day for the first two trimesters: one for the morning and one for the afternoon.  If the students follow the rules and/or expectations during the morning and afternoon hours without breaking a rule, receiving a logical consequence or had to fill out a behavior form, they will earn two Gilbert Bucks.

For the last trimester, students will only be earning one Gilbert Buck for the entire school day to prepare them for second grade.

 

Tracking Behavior

Every two months a Behavior Calendar will be placed in the student’s red homework folder.  This sheet should stay in the student’s folder for the whole two months.  This calendar will document the student’s behavior each day.  Please discuss with your child the appropriate or inappropriate choices they made each day.  I will keep the Behavior Calendars at the end of the two months to use as a reference during conferences and report cards.

 

Gilbert Bucks

Students can earn two Gilbert Bucks each school day: one for the morning and one for the afternoon.  If the students follow the rules and/or expectations for that day without receiving a logical consequence or had to fill out a behavior form, they will earn two Gilbert Bucks.  Extra Gilbert Bucks will be handed out for those students who exceed expectations.  Once a student has received a GILBERT BUCK, it becomes his/her responsibility.  I do not replace “lost” money.  At the end of the week, GILBERT BUCKS are redeemable for items or coupons from the Gilbert Store.

 

Rewards for great choices:                        Logical Consequences for poor choices:

*verbal praise                                         *losing some recess time

*Gilbert Bucks for store items or coupons *sitting away from the class

*Class Voted Activities                              *contacting a parent about poor behavior

*special notes sent home to parents          *losing Gilbert Bucks

*LEARNING, LEARNING, LEARNING!          *making up incomplete work during recess time