In our home we have two mason jars sitting on our counter visible to all and easy to reach by the older two children.
Marble jar behavior plan.
I write this assuming that every teacher does what works best for them and their students.
As we notice our children doing something great we compliment the behavior and tell them to go put a marble in the jar.
I like the marbles.
The marble jar system is essentially a group contingency in which the teacher develops a jar of marbles or a graph of behavior or in some sort of visual way.
We have filled one of the jars with a bunch of marbles.
This is a behavior management plan that rewards the whole group for good decisions staying on task and following directions.
With the marble jar teachers can frequently and easily reward desired behavior.
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Put a marble into the reward jar or let her place the marble into the reward jar whenever she exhibits a good behavior 1.
Marble jar reward system.
Each time students exhibit a desired behavior the teacher places a marble in the jar.
This is a great behavior plan to do either as a whole class or individually.
Use marbles to support the behaviors that need the most attention.
Make sure they understand that desperate times call for desperate measures.
The class can earn multiple marbles at a time for choices that they are making.
My favorite whole group management system is a marble jar.
You could also use velcroed marbles on a picture of a gumball machine or something like that.
This tool encourages on task behavior.
Why i don t reward expected behavior let me start by stating that this post is not putting down any forms of classroom management.
The marble jar should be a beacon of positivity not a reminder of less than admirable behavior.
I absolutely love the marble jar.
You can do small rewards on a daily basis which works best for children preschool age and younger or larger rewards for a week s worth of good behavior if your child is older.
The digital marble jar method is good for teachers who do not have a lot extra space in their rooms or who do not want to have a physical jar or marbles in the room.
I have seen this done in many classrooms as a whole group.