There are a lot of procedures in the classroom that makes Kindergarten run smoothly. The children know that the first thing they do when they walk through the door is to hand in their homework folder. Then they go sit on the rug. They know that recess is after math and that snack is after recess. This makes it so they don't ask every ten minutes when snack and recess are. The students also know what to do if they get done with an assignment earlier than the other students. This is book time. Kindergarten procedures are very important. I think the students like it better if they know what is going to happen next.
The classroom management that Mrs. Wolf uses is bucket filling. At the first of the year they read the book that goes along with this classroom management plan and then they discuss what it means to be a bucket filler and a bucket dipper. Mrs. Wolf has a paper bucket for each child. In these buckets there are four sticks. If they are miss behaving she warns them that they will get a stick pulled if they don't change their behavior. If they get two sticks pulled they get a note sent home to their parents. If by chance they get all four pulled then they have a parent teacher conference. Its funny to watch these Kindergarteners because they know what all of this means. They are devastated when they get just one warning. I have witnessed one student so devastated because she got her stick pulled out of her bucket she was in tears for a while. I think that it is working because the buckets and sticks mean so much to them. Mrs. Wolf does allow them to earn it back by showing her how they are supposed to be acting. I really like this management plan. The students really get involved in it. I love it when I over hear someone that they need to fill Mrs. Wolfs bucket. :)
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