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