The Card System

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The Card System
By KimW

In every second grade classroom I've taught interims in, the teacher used the card system.. In the system the students started off with a yellow card. If they did not misbehave and have a card pulled, they got a "sunshine
note" to take home. When a child misbehaves, they pull a card. The next card is white. On white is a warning and they will miss 5 minutes of play time. If they continue to misbehave, another card is pulled. This is the blue card. The student misses 10 minutes of play time, they stand in the corner, and their seat is moved away from the others. If by some chance a hard-headed kid

keeps misbehaving, a third card is pulled. Here they miss all of free play, stand in corner, move seat, note/call parents, and teacher has a heart to heart chat with the child. This is the green card. Most of the time students will not go this far but if they continue to misbehave, the final card is pulled. This is the red card. Now the child goes to the prinicpal and their parents are usually called in right then.
Also if you wanted to use more positive reinforcement, my cooperating teacher when I student taught used tickets. Students got tickets for doing good deeds (helping, cleaning, extra work,) as well as for completing each homework assignment. When they made a mistake such as forgot a sheet of homework, talked in class, etc, she would take a ticket or two(depending on severity). If a child had a ticket, all was forgotten. If a child had no tickets, they missed free play, etc., as with the cards. When children earned so many tickets, they could cash them in on different rewards. You could make up your own value chart but I can remember that students could cash in 50 tickets to eat lunch in the classroom and at 100 tickets the teacher would buy you dinner at any place the student wanted. She said that she had never had to buy anyone dinner before because they would get tired of saving their tickets and cash them in before they got to a 100.
Hope all this helps a little.
KimW