But I wanted to post two things I've been doing in my first grade classroom. This class has a lot of behavior issues. It is nearly impossible to get through anything without constant interruptions and children talking, moving around, and generally being crazy. So to try to give them some motivation to work on blurting out, I implemented a "marble system." Every time I feel like they are working without a lot of talking or inappropriate behavior, I give them a marble. They need to get 50 marbles, and then they will have a special day. We haven't even decided on what the special day is, but it doesn't matter to them. They are just excited by the idea of something special. It really has been working well for this class, although there is still MANY times when they are very loud.
I have a clear tupperware box with all the marbles they still need to earn, and a lady bug for all the marbles they have. They love looking at them and counting how many they have and how many they have left.
Another thing I've been doing is for one child who has a lot of anger management issues. He often gets frustrated with his work and ends up getting very angry. He breaks things, rips up his papers, and yells at others. So I decided to give him a cup to put in his desk. On one side of the cup it says "I need help" and on the other side it says "I need a break." When he is getting frustrated, he puts the cup on the desk to indicate if he needs help from the teacher or if he needs to take a break in the book area. This has been helping him by allowing him an option other than anger. The picture is kind of hard to see, but here it is!
Hopefully I will be able to post more things soon! I just taught my class a math lesson about inequalities that I want to post about!
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