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Mrs. Rodriguez loves teaching preschool at Morningside Elementary
School and takes great pride in her classroom. In addition to

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establishing her own classroom rules, she uses her school’s approach
to behavior management, a color-coded system that she implements to

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visually indicate how each child is behaving on any given day. Each
child begins the day with his or her clothespin on “green.” When a

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child engages in inappropriate behavior, the clothespin is moved one
space to “yellow.” If the behavior continues, the clothespin is

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moved to “red.”

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Over the years, however, she’s noticed some shortcomings in the
system. For one thing, parents tend to focus on what color their

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child ends the day on, rather than on how their child’s day was. For
another, she feels like she spends more time warning kids she is

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going to "move a clothespin" than actually teaching. Additionally,
children who get to “red” often get upset and either cry or have a

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tantrum and have difficulty recovering for the rest of the day.
Today, she even heard one child tell another not to play with Jerry

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because, “He’s a bad kid. He’s always on red.”
She wonders whether something has to change. But what?

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Here is your Challenge:

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(Opinion) Do you think Mrs. Rodriguez’s current behavior management
system is working? Explain.

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How can teachers help young children learn expected behaviors?

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How can teachers encourage and reinforce expected behaviors?