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Like a website that is not functioning properly, we as humans can have glitches throughout our day that can potentially cause bigger problems. Wouldn't it be nice if we could just hit a refresh button, like we do when we encounter a glitchy website, so we can function properly again?
Students enter our classrooms carrying more than just a backpack of school supplies and homework. A missed meal, an argument with a friend on the playground, and stressors at home can cause our students to be disengaged in the classroom. As teachers, it can be hard to remember that there are reasons behind disruptive behaviors-- especially when the behaviors interrupt valuable class time.
These Refresh Button Tickets are meant to quietly address a behavioral issue without disrupting your teaching and without embarrassing the student. Rather than calling a child's name in the middle of your lesson, this sheet can be placed on a student's desk as a nonverbal redirection and accountability tool. With these tickets, students will be given the opportunity to "refresh" the disruptive behavior, and move forward by following the expectations you have set for your classroom. Rather than trying to ignore the behavior so that you can finish your lesson, you will be able to acknowledge the behavior and hold them accountable to the expectations you have set for your classroom.
These tickets have a space for the student to state the reason they received the ticket and explain how they plan to move forward. In my classroom, students know that when they have filled out three tickets, their behavior will be addressed with the next level of disciplinary actions (i.e: phone call home, loss of privileges, etc.). Because the student completes the sheet themselves, there should be no confusion or argument about what happened if we reach that next level, and have to bring a parent or the principal into the conversation.
Introduce these tickets to the students at the beginning of the school year when you are explaining the classroom expectations, or when you notice that the kids may need a refresher on those expectations (See what I did there?).
I hope this resource works for you!
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Description
Like a website that is not functioning properly, we as humans can have glitches throughout our day that can potentially cause bigger problems. Wouldn't it be nice if we could just hit a refresh button, like we do when we encounter a glitchy website, so we can function properly again?
Students enter our classrooms carrying more than just a backpack of school supplies and homework. A missed meal, an argument with a friend on the playground, and stressors at home can cause our students to be disengaged in the classroom. As teachers, it can be hard to remember that there are reasons behind disruptive behaviors-- especially when the behaviors interrupt valuable class time.
These Refresh Button Tickets are meant to quietly address a behavioral issue without disrupting your teaching and without embarrassing the student. Rather than calling a child's name in the middle of your lesson, this sheet can be placed on a student's desk as a nonverbal redirection and accountability tool. With these tickets, students will be given the opportunity to "refresh" the disruptive behavior, and move forward by following the expectations you have set for your classroom. Rather than trying to ignore the behavior so that you can finish your lesson, you will be able to acknowledge the behavior and hold them accountable to the expectations you have set for your classroom.
These tickets have a space for the student to state the reason they received the ticket and explain how they plan to move forward. In my classroom, students know that when they have filled out three tickets, their behavior will be addressed with the next level of disciplinary actions (i.e: phone call home, loss of privileges, etc.). Because the student completes the sheet themselves, there should be no confusion or argument about what happened if we reach that next level, and have to bring a parent or the principal into the conversation.
Introduce these tickets to the students at the beginning of the school year when you are explaining the classroom expectations, or when you notice that the kids may need a refresher on those expectations (See what I did there?).
I hope this resource works for you!
