Discipline

[katie]

Need help getting my students to listen and stay under control. Anyone have any classroom management tips?

Katie

[glynnis]

Keeping children listening and under control begins at the start of the school year. Stick to your rules and be sure you enforce them for ALL students equally. Remember to reward students for good behavior and listening. Here are some other rewards I use:

*Put the numbers one to ten on the board. Each time the class as a whole is not listening, erase a number. Set a reward for the students having 5 numbers left. Then as they get better, make the reward for having 7 numbers left. ETC...

*Create reward cards for each individual (I use punch cards.). You can have a set number of stickers, stamps, punches, etc... they must receive before getting a reward. (I use this with my kids this year and they are still not bored with it!)

Also remember to give lots of praise to those who are listening. I wish you the best of luck. Stick to your rules from the beginning. You'll still have trouble students, but overall the experience will be better.

[jgray]

Never punish the entire class for the misbehavior of a few students. You lose confidence of the students that are folowing the rules. Expectations begin the forst day of school. At my school, the entire school spends the first two weeks learning policy and procedure. This includes about 100 things that every student must learn and do to be successful. Liing up in the hallway, using the urinals, where to go in a storm drill, process for turing in homework, words that should and should not be said, cafeteria rules, and th elist goes on and on. Day one of week three, everyone is held accountable.
We use morning and afternoon "Bucks" the a.m. is given at 11:30 and the p.m. is given right before dismissal. Based on Academics, Behavior and attendance, students earn these bucks for a special event each Friday. Works great! Especially if hte first three or four Friday's has a great incentive. Consistency and high expectation are the key.
This isn't spell checked, sorry.
Good Luck.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

wow, what a novel approach, bribery for expected behavior :rolleyes:

[Unregistered]

I use the folder management system. Every time a student misbehaves I write what they did. At the end of the week I subtract 5 point for each comment. All students begin the week with a hundred. Most students are motivated by this system because they want a high behavior grade (and also because their parents must sign the sheet and return it by Monday). As an added plus the sheets work as documentation for students with behavior problems. Just make sure that your comments are specific.




For young children (K & 1) it might be more effective to give a behavior grade for each day. I've only taught 3-4, so I don't know how seriously young children take their grades.

[Unregistered]

Great idea. I love the punch card idea.
Thanks!