Classroom Management:

*Behavior note – This is my way of letting you know how your child’s behavior was for the day. Staying on Green means your child had a good day. Moving to yellow means that they broke the rules one time. Moving to red means your child broke classroom rules 2 times that day. Moving to black means your child broke classroom rules 3 times that day.

*Fabulous Prizes – If your child stays on green or yellow every day during the week, s/he gets to pick a prize from the prize box on Friday afternoon.

*Bear Hug Raffle – I give out Bear Hug raffle tickets for ‘catching students doing good things,’ such as participating, getting straight to work, answering questions correctly and helping others. We draw names out of the bear hug jar on Fridays. The selected students each get to pick a prize out of the prize box.

*The Marble Jar – When the class does a good job participating during our phonics lesson or another important time, they earn a handful of marbles placed in a jar. When the jar is full (usually three times per year) the students have earned a popcorn party.

*Team Points – I give a team point when I feel a team has done an especially good job of following directions in class. The first team to earn 5 points gets to eat lunch in the classroom with me.