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Yellow/Orange/Red Cards

Submitted by Kristin Lukow, Nebraska

Idea posted 2002-09-27

My afternoon school uses this approach throughout the whole school. Teachers modify this with writing sheets, time out of recess, etc. But here are the basics:

Yellow = warning
You must stay after class and discuss your poor behavior with the teacher, and then return the yellow card.
Orange = automatic after school
3 yellows in the same day and you get an orange, and/or aggressive behaviors constitute an orange.
Red = principal's office
Threatening behaviors to other students and/or teachers. Call the parents and in-school suspension or full suspension.

Honestly... it doesn't affect my classroom very much. I have never gone past a yellow because I have 20- to 25-minute classes and there isn't as much time or opportunity to get in trouble with the active and happy atmosphere of music.