As we notice our children doing something great we compliment the behavior and tell them to go put a marble in the jar.
Marble jar behavior plan.
The marble jar should be a beacon of positivity not a reminder of less than admirable behavior.
With the marble jar teachers can frequently and easily reward desired behavior.
If you do decide to take marbles out of the jar make a really really big deal about it.
When a student earns a marble the digital marble is placed in the jar.
The class can earn multiple marbles at a time for choices that they are making.
The marble jar system is essentially a group contingency in which the teacher develops a jar of marbles or a graph of behavior or in some sort of visual way.
You could also use velcroed marbles on a picture of a gumball machine or something like that.
We have filled one of the jars with a bunch of marbles.
Make sure they understand that desperate times call for desperate measures.
Marble jar reward system.
Use marbles to support the behaviors that need the most attention.
Why i don t reward expected behavior let me start by stating that this post is not putting down any forms of classroom management.
This is a behavior management plan that rewards the whole group for good decisions staying on task and following directions.
This tool encourages on task behavior.
You can do small rewards on a daily basis which works best for children preschool age and younger or larger rewards for a week s worth of good behavior if your child is older.
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In our home we have two mason jars sitting on our counter visible to all and easy to reach by the older two children.
This is a great way to get the class to become a team and work together to fill the jar with marbles.
This is a great behavior plan to do either as a whole class or individually.
I have seen this done in many classrooms as a whole group.
I write this assuming that every teacher does what works best for them and their students.
I like the marbles.
My favorite whole group management system is a marble jar.
Each time students exhibit a desired behavior the teacher places a marble in the jar.