I m going to start out with one i spoke a little about in our last podcast of the marble jar and.
Marble jar behavior management.
It was very easy and i never had to say a word.
The marbles in the jar are marbles the class has already earned.
Positive classroom management means giving students rewards for good behavior and that far out weighs the negative approach.
Why i don t reward expected behavior let me start by stating that this post is not putting down any forms of classroom management.
The marble jar s just always been kind of a favorite of mine.
The class should receive other consequences that fit the bad behavior.
Therefore they should not be taken away as a consequence.
Each time you notice your child make a poor choice you acknowledge the choice by having him remove a marble from his jar.
I m not quite sure why.
Don t take the marbles out if the class has done something bad.
Each time you notice your child make a positive choice you acknowledge and reward him by having him add a marble to his jar.
Just in case you have never heard of the marble jar the basic idea is that you start with an empty jar and you add marbles to reward good behavior.
Once the jar is filled the class earns a.
The marble jar behavior management system i m going to start out with one i spoke a little about in our last podcast of the marble jar and.
The marble jar s just always been kind of a favorite of mine.
How does the marble behavior management system work.
I like its visual aspects where you can see the marbles building up.
I m not quite sure why.
With the marble jar teachers can frequently and easily reward desired behavior.
I write this assuming that every teacher does what works best for them and their students.
Marble jar reward system.
The marble jar is one of my favorite classroom management tools because it is so easy and there are so many ways to use it.
I like its visual aspects where you can see the.
I came up with the marble jar idea.
Each time students exhibit a desired behavior the teacher places a marble in the jar.
This tool encourages on task behavior.