The classroom rules in the class I am observing are pretty standard. Respect others, keep your hands to yourself and using kind words with each other are a few of the rules. These rules are clearly posted in the classroom and referred to often. They are enforced in many ways. One is with warnings and reminders, but the most effective way is with a color coded card system.
Each student has a pocket on a large sheet of paper with their names on it. Each pocket contains a green, yellow, red and black card. The green card is always on top and as long as the student is behaving, their cards will remain green. However, once a rule has been broken and a warning given, the child is then asked to "pull a card". When yellow is on top, the child is kept in at the next recess, a red card is a note home and a black card is a one way ticket to the principles office.
I really like this method of keeping the classroom rules. I think by having the children go up and pull a card, they are taking an active rule in their discipline. It makes it a bit more real versus putting a check mark on the board next to a child s name
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