My last post was to document some ideas on individual behavior management in the elementary classroom. But sometimes whole group management techniques are good, too. If you need some whole group management ideas for the little ones, read on.
1. Fill the Bucket. The way I understand it is that this theory revolves around the theory that everything you say or do to another person can either add to or take away from that person's self-esteem, "feel good" feeling, etc. It's based on this book:
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So you hang a giant bucket in the room, and you monitor students' words/actions to one another, filling or dipping from the bucket as necessary.
2. Fishin' for Compliments. I just call it this because I saw the CUTEST bulletin board for this technique, and it happened to have a fishbowl and cut-out cartoon-looking fish with it, lol. But I've also seen it called the Compliment Jar. If you like the fish theme, construct a giant fishbowl on a wall. Every time your class gets a compliment from someone OUTSIDE the class (sub, principal, other teacher, other student, etc), you add a fish to the bowl. Once your class gets 10 fish (or whatever), you celebrate! The compliment jar entails filling a mason jar with marbles, but it's the same theory as the fish-one.
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3. Behavior BINGO. I tried this with some older kids, but it just didn't work. This is more of an elementary-thing. You have BINGO board on a wall, like so:
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My board was 1-100, but this one only goes to 30, so I guess it's really up to the teacher. Anyway, I had a bucket of numbers (1-100), all cut out into individual squares. I also had a "BINGO rules" chart, and it listed the various ways my class could get a BINGO. For instance, if they had a day where everyone followed the rules, brought back their homework, and participated, they would earn 1 number. If a fellow teacher complimented them on how well behaved their class was, they got to draw 2 numbers. If a member of admin complimented them, it was 3 numbers. And if they had outstanding behavior during an assembly/field trip or received an outstanding report from a substitute, they got to draw 4 numbers. Random kids would get to draw numbers out of the bucket, and we'd fill them in on the chart. (I laminated the chart and just used a dry-erase marker to fill in numbers.) We'd decide before-hand what kind of BINGO we were going to get (horizontal, vertical, diagonal, black-out, etc.). When they earned their BINGO, they got a prize. You could even get more intense with it: think of 6 different rewards and correlate them to numbers on a dice. When the class earns a BINGO, the student of the week (or whomever) gets to roll the dice to figure out what the reward will be. I do like that idea because it keeps things interesting.
4. Add a Letter. You can actually use this for positive behavior reinforcement AND negative behavior discouragement. On the positive side, think of a prize you could give your students. Maybe it's extra recess, a pizza party, ice cream, free choice in something...whatever. Then think of a short way to state that. Maybe for extra recess, you use "RECESS." When you catch your students doing really well, write a letter (one letter at a time) on the board. (You may even choose not to tell them what they're spelling to make it even more fun!) When the entire word (or words) is spelled, the prize is given! For a slight variation on this, you could discourage negative behavior. If your students are in the middle of doing something really fun but tend to get a little noisy (group projects and free choice centers come to mind), you can start spelling out the word "STOP" or "SEATS" on the board every time they get too rambunctious. When the entire word is spelled, the activity stops and students must quietly go back to their seats.
Which whole group management technique do you like the best? What have I left out?
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