Early Childhood Behavior Management: Developing and Teaching Rules

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Assessment Take some time now to answer the following questions. Please note that the IRIS Center does

not collect your Assessment responses. If this is a course assignment, you should turn them in

to your professor using whatever method he or she requires. If you have trouble answering any

of the questions, go back and review the Perspectives & Resources pages in this Module.

1. Explain how behavior expectations and classroom rules differ.

2. Assume that your school’s mascot is a wildcat and your school-wide behavior expectations center around this mascot. They are:

Care about others and self Act responsibly Teamwork Stay positive

Using the matrix below, develop rules to align with the school’s behavior expectations and to

reflect the guidelines for developing rules that you learned about in this Module.

Behavior Expectations Classroom Rules Cafeteria (outside the classroom)

Circle time (inside the classroom)

Care about others and self

Act responsibly

Teamwork

Stay positive

3. Describe four ways you can intentionally and systematically teach the classroom rules you listed in the matrix above.

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4. Imagine you are a teacher who has a class of twelve

4–5 year olds. The children in your class have been

doing a good job following all the rules with the

exception of “listening when others talk.” Describe a

classroom reinforcement system you could

implement. Be sure to include: a. What your system would (visually) look like

b. How you would involve the children

c. How you would acknowledge the children

5. Discuss three reasons why it is important to communicate with families about rules.

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