Mrs. Anderson's Dollars Each morning your child will receive five dollars in his/her name tag. Your child must try to keep three or more dollars in his/her name tag each day. If your child keeps three or more dollars in his/her name tag for three days in a week he/she may go to the treasure box on Friday afternoon.
Earning Dollars: Your child may earn money, bonus dollars, each day by making good choices.
Losing Dollars: Children must give dollars back when they make a poor choice.
Poor Choices: -Talking during instruction -Interrupting friends/teacher -Shouting -Running in school -Body parts on others -Hurtful words -Hurting school property
Consequences: Loss of one dollar- Explanation of poor choice and reminder of rule Loss of two dollars- Explanation of poor choice and reminder of rule Loss of three dollars- Loss of privileges (Not Recess) Loss of four dollars- E-mail, note or phone call to parents Loss of five dollars- Phone call to parents, Possible conference, Administration notified
The ability of earning back money will motivate children to keep working hard after a poor choice. Every child has a chance to succeed in our room. We all make poor choices at one time or another, the difference is what we do after the choice is made.