These points are communicated right to their parents and a lot of them get notifications on their app so they see it immediately. I like that you can weight points too, so no homework is an automatic minus 2 in my room and incomplete is minus 1. I have negative points for no homework, incomplete homework, calling out, wasting time, disrespect, poor choice, etc. I have positive points for helping, participating, teamwork, good hallway behavior, etc. Every Friday is pay day so students with more points on a Friday get more money for our class store and school store. I've used Class Dojo since the program was released several years ago. So I would love to hear ideas for how other people handle consequences or finish work. And we can't have kids come in before school or stay after-and I wouldn't do that either. I'm not doing anything during my planning period because I need that time and then they are missing the cultural arts/specials class. I'm not going to do anything during lunch because that is a duty free time for me. For the kids who misbehave, we don't really have any other consequences. I try to find other times during class to allow them to finish but then they are missing something else. But on the flip side, at some point I just can't give anymore class time to work on an assignment. On one hand I hat it because, like a pp stated, the kids who misbehave often need to expel their energy and the kids who take a long time to work or struggle shouldn't be punished for that. Students who misbehave sit in a time out bench outside for a few minutes then join their peers. One teacher usually stays in for "study hall." This is for students who were absent and need to complete graded make-up work (so it can't be sent home) or they ran out of class time to finish an assignment. I teach on a team of 4 4th grade teachers.
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