Changing Strips

We have a wonderful  color strip system that works in our classroom. Each student has a pocket with five different colored strips inside. Green is where students start. Students have the chance to go up or down all day long. If a student is misbehaving the student will receive a verbal warning or will be asked to sit out of the activity. If that student is still misbehaving the result will be changing their strip to yellow and a a note will go home to the parents and the child will stand out for five minutes of recess. If the child continues to misbehave it will result in the teacher asking the child to move their strip to red. If a child is on red then a note will go home and the child will miss ten minutes of recess. Students can also move up in their behavior pocket. If a child is doing the right thing and setting a good example for the rest of the class the child will be asked to move their strip to purple. If that child continues to set a great example then the child will move their strip to blue. At the end of the day the students all get paid based on their color strip. Blue is 25 cents, purple is 10 cents, green is 5 cents, and yellow/ red worth nothing. On Fridays the kids all get to go shopping at the school store.