Choosing Negative Consequences To Implement In The Classroom

Decide which rules you wish to implement in your classroom. Devise four or five rules that are specific and easily understood by your students.
Determine negative consequences for non-compliance (You will be providing a consequence EVERY TIME a student misbehaves). Choose three to six negative consequences (a "discipline hierarchy"), each of which is more punitive or restrictive than the previous one. These will be administered if the student continues to misbehave.
Determine positive consequences for appropriate behaviour. For example, along with verbal praise, you might also include raffle tickets that are given to students for proper behaviour. Students write their names on the cut up pieces of paper and drop them into a container for a daily prize draw. Even if a student is having a bad day, there is a reason to improve...s/he might get a ticket and have a chance at winning the raffle prize. Others might receive notes of praise to be shown to their parents.
Group rewards are also used. A pebble might be dropped into a jar for each pre-determined interval that the class as a whole has been attentive and respectful. When the jar is full, a special event is held. Some assertive teachers write a letter of the alphabet on the board for each period/activity of good group behavior. When the letters
Communicate your displeasure with a student's misbehaviour, but then be sure to tell the student what s/he should be doing. For example, consider: "Majeed, please put the pencil down on the desk and pass your paper forward." Notice that the teacher told the student what to do. Often students continue to display inappropriate behaviour when they have been told to discontinue it because they do not know what they should be doing. Now that you have given a direction, you can reinforce the student for compliance or punish him or her for non-compliance. Be sure to add emphasis to your directions by using eye contact, hand gestures, and the student's