I think because the children in her class respect her so much that I haven’t seen Mrs. Roark have to discipline. There have been some children in the class who like to push some of Mrs. Roark’s limits but most of the time the children are behaved. The only thing that I could think of as discipline that goes on in the class is the marble system. The class gets up to five marbles a day when the class has been good. So the number five through zero is written on the board and once the class has been given two warnings the numbers are erased starting with five to four and so on.
I’m not really sure what the points of the marbles are at the end of the year, I think it’s a pizza party to the class who has the most marbles. However, each child in the class understands the importance of the marbles so I see some of the children telling their peers to be quiet because they are going to have one less marble. I kind of like the system because each child understands that they must be on their best behavior but also they understand that they are responsible for their peers in their class too.
I think that I would personally modify the system a little bit but I like that the children in the class understand and are taking on responsibility to be their brother’s keeper.
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