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This is my classroom behavior monitor. It's kind of hard to see but hanging on the left-hand side of the bulletin board (which is actually one of my closet doors) is a yardstick that I've painted green on the top 2/3, yellow in the middle lower-half and red at the very bottom. Colored sections are separated by a black line of electrical tape.

I have each student's name on a clothespin, which starts out fresh, each morning in the green zone. Green, of course means GO. In the event of some "detour behaviour" I say these five words: "This is your last reminder." That's my signal to them that they're just about ready to enter the yellow zone. After their last reminder (I don't really believe in the 3 strikes and you're out rule) then they physically move their clothespin to the yellow zone. This is their way of mentally preparing to deal with whatever consequences that may result from their unwillingness to control their inappropriate behavior.

If, after going to the yellow zone, the student is unable to fix their attitude or behavior, the I have them move their stick to the red zone~ which is OFF TO THE PITTS.

The PITTS is a single empty desk, sitting all by itself at the back of the room. When they get "in the Pitts" their responsiblity is to open the "hood" of the desk and take out the discipline book that's inside. This is a 3-ring binder with individual pages inside.

When a student has to go "to the PITTS" they have the responsibilty to THINK about what they did to get themself into the pits, PLAN what they'll do to prevent this from happening again, and then DOCUMENT/WRITE what they've decided to do on a repair order form.

This form has a place for the student to write their name, date, time, which one of the RACE Words did they choose not to honor, list who else was involved, and then write their response to what they'll next time to prevent this sort of thing from happening again. The form has a place at the bottom for the student to sign, for me to sign and for their parents to sign and return to school.

This approach works out so well~ because kids are held accountable for their own actions. So far... we're entering week #3 of our school year and nobody has had to "go to the Pitts" as of yet. We've had several "this is your last reminders" and pins in the yellow zone but that's as far as they usually push it.

Most importantly... at the end of each day, everyone gets a fresh start and they get to start fresh by beginning back in the green zone.

I used green gingham checkered fabric for the back of the bulletin board.
If you'd like copies of any of these things, I'd be glad to share.

My December Daily pages are kept in an ordinary 3 ring binder. I made a quick cover out of fabric and trim I already had (trying to keep with my theme of using things from my newly organized stash).

This is actually the second cover - the first had more color and more variety of fabrics, but I found it competed with the mis matched pages inside. This more simple cover does the trick for me.