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

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

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she implements to visually indicate how each child is behaving on
any given day. 

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Each child begins the day with his or her clothespin on green. 

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

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is moved to red.

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Over the years, however, she’s noticed some shortcomings in the
system. 

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For one thing, parents tend to focus on what color their child
ends the day on, rather than on how their child’s day was. 

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For another, she feels like she spends more time warning the kids
she is going to move a clothespin than actually teaching. 

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Additionally, children who get to red often get upset and either
cry or have a tantrum and have difficulty recovering for the rest

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of the day. 

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Today, she even heard one child tell another not to play with Jerry
because “He’s a bad kid. He’s always on red.”

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She wonders whether something has to change.
But what?

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Here’s 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?