NOISE

Hello everyone!  As part of my classroom management system, when the class as a whole is too noisy, they earn a letter in the word "noise."  If I can pick out which students are talking, then I definitely prefer to give a consequence to only those students.  However, there are times when 90% of students are talking and it's difficult to determine the few students that "may" not be talking. Because there are five letters in "noise," chances are good that at least one of those times, every child has participated in the talking.

With that said, today, the class earned all of the letters in "noise."  They will walk, rather than play on the playground, for 5 minutes of their next recess.  This isn't meant to be a punishment, just a tool to keep classroom management.

Just wanted to give you a heads up, as some students were upset about this.  But if the talking continues, we won't get anything done!  And we're hear to learn! :) (and have fun, of course!)

Thanks!
Mindy :)