Those poor recess teachers! Although my classroom behaviors are moving in the right direction, we (the 5 teachers in kindergarten) were having troubles with the playground behaviors. We felt we had the same group of sweeties ignoring our safety rules. Someone was going to get hurt. So I created a recording sheet.
A page is made for each teacher. I placed them on a clipboard with a pencil attached. As students are reminded of the correct behavior, their names are written down. We only started this on Thursday, but by Friday I already had improvement in my class. At the end of the week each teacher gets the original recording page. We can track student's progress (sounds a little RTI-ish). Also on Friday I rewarded my "Recess All-Stars" with a sticker and a treat.
I had a few kiddos seriously bummed that they did not get the sticker, so I hope next week will be even better.
How do you keep recess under control?
Thanks! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing such a great idea! Last year's Second Grade teachers told us this group would be a challenge....we have 15 boys to every 4 girls in the entire grade level! I can't wait to try this! :)
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This is such a great idea! We have 10 Kindergarten classes at my school. We all try to have the same rules and try to let each other know if we have a problem with a student on the playground, but it's hard. This is a perfect way for us to keep track of it. I think it's also great that you reward those recess all-stars! I'm pitching this idea to my team at our next PLC meeting. :)
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Love it, thanks for sharing!
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