Discipline Policy
In order to guarantee your child, and all the students in my classroom, the excellent learning environment they deserve, I am utilizing the following discipline plan.
My Philosophy: I believe students can behave appropriately in my classroom. Our learning time is short and precious. Therefore, I refuse to tolerate any student stopping me from teaching and/or any student from learning.
These are the rules the children and I together have decided will make our classroom a place where everyone is able to learn.
- 1. Always do your best.
- 2. Raise your hand to talk and wait to be called on.
- 3. Keep your hands and feet to yourself.
- 4. Walk in the hallways.
- 5. Be quiet in the hallways.
- 6. Use good language and good manners.
- 7. Be a good listener.
- 8. Treat others the way you want to be treated.
***We all like to have people notice when we are doing something good. Children are no different. I use a variety of ways to do this. Praise, coupons, notes to parents, certificates, or parties (popcorn, movie, or others the students may decide on) may be earned.
Negative Consequences
***I use negative consequences when the student chooses to break a rule.
***Each child has a library pocket with his/her number on it. Each pocket has four colored index cards arranged by color: green, yellow, blue, and red. Each day every student starts off with a green card showing in his/her individual pocket on our behavior chart. Green indicates good behavior. If he/she chooses to break a rule, the student must change a color card. Each color card indicates a consequence:
Green good behavior praise
Yellow one infraction warning
Blue two infractions lose 5 minutes of recess,
and the student will write a behavior reflection
Red three infractions lose one recess,
and the student will write a behavior reflection
If a student has more than 1 Red day in a week, the student and I will call a parent.
Each night you will see a colored stamp in the Agenda that will correspond with the color of day the student had. In this way, we can monitor good, as well as, not-so-good behavior. Students that have all green days in a week will have the opportunity to eat lunch in the room on Monday.
***The cards will be rearranged every day so that each day is a new beginning.
***More than 2 red card days in a week will also result in the student going to visit with the principal.