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Point system
By Kimberly

I use a color stick (ruler)divided into 5 sections. The colors are green (5 points), blue(4 points), yellow (3 points), orange (2 points), red (1 point), and black (0 points). Each kid has a clothespin with their name on
it. You start each day on green (5 points). Any infraction incurred (I include homework not turned in) requires a move of your clip. It's very fast and it goes EVERYWHERE we go. The music, PE, and computer teachers like it! At the end of the day, I record the points earned on my chart. At the end of the week the kids must earn 15 points to get Fun Friday (20 minutes of free time

in my room). If you do not earn enough points, you sit with your head down and think about what you could have done differently that week. Not enough points...you do NOT play at all.

I DO allow kids to earn their way back up the stick for improved behavior. I rarely have kids not earn Fun Friday. After a month or two of school and the kids know what is expected, I talk to them and "up the ante" to 20 points a week. We talk about how you can have one REALLY bad day and still get it, etc...

So for you, 20-25 points = A 15-19 = B 10-14 = C 5-9 = D and 0-4 = F

Or however you wanted to work it for you.

I also have consequences that go with the colors daily. Yellow is miss 5 minutes of recess. Orange=miss 10 minutes. Red= note home to parents. Black= phone call to parents at work and time out in another classroom for 20 minutes. Our grade level has a form that states this child ____, needs some time to think. Please send him back to my room at ____. If you are not availaible to take him at this time, please sign below and direct the child to another 2nd grade class.

I send the child with a buddy who's job is to find him a spot and come tell me which room he ends up in.

I have parents who love this plan. They ask their child daily what color they were on and why. I have actually kept this plan for four years now. It used to be recess based only, but now our recess is part PE time and the kids have to have 10 minutes extra PE at recess each day. They can never sit out for all of recess. Therefore, Fun Friday was born.

I know this is lengthy, but I hope you enjoy!