Sunday, March 21, 2010
My behavior plan reflection thus far
I have been working on a behavior plan for my class; specifically dealing with transitions during the day. I have found this to be the most frustrating part of the day by far! During recess, we have established a new system for lining up to go back inside. They have 60 seconds to have all of their stuff together and be back in the line quiet and ready to go. I count down by 15 second increments. If they are not all back in the line, the whole class has a lap during the next recess. I think it works well because the day they aren't doing what they should be for transitioning back to the classroom after recess, they aren't really punished, but the next day they are. Then, they want to work even harder on the next day to be back in line in time, because they have just served the punishment. I have also instituted a class hall monitor to help the kids with transitions at the restroom. I pick a student each day to stand on the other side of the hall and watch for people who aren't doing what they should be. This allows me to more closely monitor the bathroom (listening in to make sure people are not goofing around) or to go to the restroom myself if I need to. I have yet to come up with a great way to deal with the students that are called out by the hall monitor. Sometimes I make them walk a lap at recess, but sometimes I just forget all together. I think these are a good addition to the positive reinforcement system already in place in the classroom for transitions (marbles for a class prize of some sort).
Thursday, March 11, 2010
March Reading Post
Looking through this reading, I was intrigued by the different kids it describes. Maybe I'm too soft on my kids, but I really don't feel like their antsiness or their occasional inattention is that drastic. I wouldn't label any of my kids with a specific problem. They're kids. I may also just not have any students with severe behavioral problems. Have any of you seen one of these more drastic cases? (kids biting, throwing tantrums, wandering around the classroom incessantly, etc.)
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