Behavior

Key points when dealing with disruptive behavior:
*Have the student leave the classroom. Make sure that you are doing somehting fun, otherwise they will not care if they leave the room.
*Give positive praise when ever you get the chance, alot at first and then you can lay off.
*Share control and responsiblity
*Write up a contract with the whole call the first week of school
*Dress like you are in charge (look the part)
*Have the class come up with the rules at beginning of year. (put together a giant puzzle, each puzzle piece has a rule on it)
*I implimented the Skittle Challenge: If the whole ,which included the disruptive child, is completely quiet and on task for a specific amount of time they would all recieve a skittle. (Our class was noisey going to lunch, so they had to be completely quiet all the way to the lunch room and then tell the lunch lady Thank You. This worked great, especially when they were so close to getting the skittle, but not quite, because then they had to try again the next day!
Jana Fawbush