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  Case: Kindergarten Classrooms
I teach kindergarten and each teacher on our team have students who misbehave frequently and have constant behavioral issues. The administration is reward those students when they do well in attempt to improve their behavior. However the other students are seeing these students being rewarded and now they are wondering why they don't get those same rewards. It is a difficult situation. How can we improve the behavior of some of these students without making a difference?
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This gets tricky especially with students as young as Kindergarten. While it is a good idea to reward students who are improving their behaviors it can also be discouraging and disappointing for the students who behave well regularly. I definitely don't think it is fair to just reward the students who are improving their behavior. If the teacher is going to use rewards they should reward every student. The teacher might consider implementing a behavior chart for every student and work up to a class reward if behavior improves.