Re: Kindergarten Classroom Management
Posted by Russell on 8/20/07
I am also a kindergarten teacher. I currently use moving
individual cards, but this is only because of my "active"
class last year. The year before I used colored cups that
coordinated with my table colors. I would give marbles to
tables doing a great job and take them away from tables
breaking rules. They loved the loud clunk of the marble
because as soon as they heard it everyone straightened up to
see if I was giving marbles or taking them away. I have also
seen teachers use the star system in a pocket chart. Each
time a table is doing a great job they get a star. If they
are not, then they lose one. If a table has no more stars to
take away, then you add brown buttons/cards (symbolizing
dirt). The idea is to be a shooting star. The table with the
most stars gets a prize. I like this because I always ended
up with a "bad" table that had lost all their marbles and I
didn't have anything to take away. Therefore, I had no use a
different system for punishment.
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