This tool encourages on task behavior.
Marble jar behavior plan.
You could also use velcroed marbles on a picture of a gumball machine or something like that.
This is a great behavior plan to do either as a whole class or individually.
I absolutely love the marble jar.
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 reward system.
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 class can earn multiple marbles at a time for choices that they are making.
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 write this assuming that every teacher does what works best for them and their students.
Each time students exhibit a desired behavior the teacher places a marble in the jar.
I have seen this done in many classrooms as a whole group.
As we notice our children doing something great we compliment the behavior and tell them to go put a marble in the jar.
We have filled one of the jars with a bunch of marbles.
I like the marbles.
The marble jar should be a beacon of positivity not a reminder of less than admirable behavior.
Make sure they understand that desperate times call for desperate measures.
With the marble jar teachers can frequently and easily reward desired behavior.
My favorite whole group management system is a 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 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.
If you do decide to take marbles out of the jar make a really really big deal about it.
When a student earns a marble the digital marble is placed in the jar.
This is a behavior management plan that rewards the whole group for good decisions staying on task and following directions.
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