The behavior expectations for the Lower School at QISS this year are:
1. Be safe
2. Be respectful
3. Be responsible.
In our classroom we will be enforcing those rules, but also have 5 of our own that are more specific.
The students helped me to create this set of expectations for the classroom and each of them signed off on them saying that they will follow each one.
Our rules are
1. Be kind to everyone.
2. Follow directions right away.
3. Keep your hands to yourself.
4. Stay on task.
5. Always try your best.
Rules 1 and 2 reinforce being respectful, rules 4 and 5 have to do with being responsible, and rule 3 keeps us all safe.
In our class, we have several ways we track and encourage good behavior. We distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behaviors using our "Above the line," "Below the line," and "Bottom Line" behavior chart (above). The first week of school we read about "The Monster that came to School" and, at first, he broke all the rules but the kids helped him understand how he was supposed to act each day. Then the kids helped me come up with our classroom rules. So in Kindergarten our motto is "No Monsters in the Classroom!"
Each student has a special paper for stickers if I catch them doing something great! We also have a stop light behavior management system. If students are following the rules, they will get to keep their smiley face (above the line). They will always receive one reminder if I see that they are not following the rules before they have to remove their happy face and are left with a straight face (below the line). This will also be followed by a short, five minute time out. If after another reminder, they are still not following the rules, they will be moved to a red face (bottom line) and will receive a ten minute time-out and a note or phone call home about the incident. They will also have to fill out a behavior reflection form that also will be sent home and will need to be returned to school with a parent signature.
2. Be respectful
3. Be responsible.
In our classroom we will be enforcing those rules, but also have 5 of our own that are more specific.
The students helped me to create this set of expectations for the classroom and each of them signed off on them saying that they will follow each one.
Our rules are
1. Be kind to everyone.
2. Follow directions right away.
3. Keep your hands to yourself.
4. Stay on task.
5. Always try your best.
Rules 1 and 2 reinforce being respectful, rules 4 and 5 have to do with being responsible, and rule 3 keeps us all safe.
In our class, we have several ways we track and encourage good behavior. We distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behaviors using our "Above the line," "Below the line," and "Bottom Line" behavior chart (above). The first week of school we read about "The Monster that came to School" and, at first, he broke all the rules but the kids helped him understand how he was supposed to act each day. Then the kids helped me come up with our classroom rules. So in Kindergarten our motto is "No Monsters in the Classroom!"
Each student has a special paper for stickers if I catch them doing something great! We also have a stop light behavior management system. If students are following the rules, they will get to keep their smiley face (above the line). They will always receive one reminder if I see that they are not following the rules before they have to remove their happy face and are left with a straight face (below the line). This will also be followed by a short, five minute time out. If after another reminder, they are still not following the rules, they will be moved to a red face (bottom line) and will receive a ten minute time-out and a note or phone call home about the incident. They will also have to fill out a behavior reflection form that also will be sent home and will need to be returned to school with a parent signature.
Kelso's wheel is intended to be used to solve small problems. It can be
used to teach students how to effectively deal with conflict when it
arises. We talk about these problem-solving skills in class, but please
encourage the use of them at home as well.
This behavior reflection form is simple enough to get at the heart of
the inappropriate behavior and also allows for discussion of how the
issue could be better solved next time. This form gets sent home to be
signed and returned to school.
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