The marble jar is one of my favorite classroom management tools because it is so easy and there are so many ways to use it.
Marble jar reward system classroom.
All teachers agree that the goal is for students to feel intrinsically motivated to behave and perform on their own but there is much disagreement about how to.
You could even use a large glass fish bowl for the majority of the marbles and then move them to a smaller jar as they earn the reward.
Classroom incentives and prizes make up a highly controversial area of teaching.
The idea was that when my students did something well they would get a marble.
This tool encourages on task behavior.
Each time students exhibit a desired behavior the teacher places a marble in the jar.
Just in case you have never heard of the marble jar the basic idea is that you start with an empty jar and you add marbles to reward good behavior.
The marble jar was always a go to every year to manage most behaviour in my classroom.
I am often asked how i managed behaviour in my classroom.
Many teachers see extrinsic material rewards as appropriate and effective behavioral management techniques while others feel that they qualify as bribes.
It was very easy and i never had to say a word.
Once the jar was filled the class would get a reward.
I ve shared this before but had to do so again because it is a reward system that works so well.
This is by far the easiest and most effective reward system for kids that i have done.
As an elementary teacher i tried so many classroom reward systems to encourage good behavior and lesson negative behavior but this is the one that works.
Use marbles to support the behaviors that need the most attention.
Positive classroom management means giving students rewards for good behavior and that far out weighs the negative approach.
I would often have a separate individual reward system however this was always a fantastic whole class effort.
With the marble jar teachers can frequently and easily reward desired behavior.
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It was what i was taught in my pre service program it was the culture of the school i was in as well as countless other schools and it served as that thing i could hold over my students head.
I came up with the marble jar idea.
Once the jar is filled the class earns a.
Like many novice teachers i started my first year with a marble jar.