Hey Guys!! I'm a new third grade teacher and today was my first day and first time in my classroom.....It was after our in-service so I didn't have my mentor with me but I feel a little overwhelmed!! I'm SUPER excited and can't wait til I can meet with my team members to get things started. I was wondering though. Do you guys do the card flipping or the stop light as behavior managment? I wasn't sure if they were getting to old for that type of thing. Let me know your ideas please!
It's not necessarily too old for the system, but it's a pretty bad system overall anyway - regardless of age . I'd shop around for a good system besides that - a lot of recommendations on this forum, and some good books. Good luck and have fun!
The reason I was asking about the stop light is because when I was browsing in the room I found a huge stop light with pockets and people. I thought they might be to big for it, but wasn't sure because it was a third grade class before I came into it.
I am doing card flips and have for many years. I'm not sure about the stop light system. Majority of our teachers use card flips.
Cool - always nice to inherit new things . I'm sure you could find a new use for it, like using it as a visual cue that kids are getting too loud during independent seat work by turning it to yellow. I'm definitely a fan of creativity and recycling!
Book recommendation? Just popped into my head, what about having the kids move a clothes pin to green if they would recommend a book, yellow as maybe, red as no way. (or read aloud, basal story...) Then you could have a couple from each share their reasons.
