Marble Jar Directions

Inform the group that a marble will go in a jar each time the class or an individual displays a desired behavior.

Marble jar directions.

When students are working well listening paying attention and following directions they earn marbles. Place an empty jar on the teacher s desk or in the front of the room and explain the procedure and expectations to the class. First we wanted to create a gold rim around the top of the jar so we used painter s tape to tape off the entire jar except for the small area we wanted to be gold. Each child should have their own jar too.

Kind actions towards others. I keep the marble jar close to our meeting area because that s where a lot of our whole group learning takes place and i like to keep it close. Base the size of the jar on the needs of the class. I ve got marble jar friends brené brown daring greatly.

How to make a marble jar. Every time my students exceed expectations by demonstrating bravery and or smart thinking they get to put a marble in our class marble jar. You could even use a large glass fish bowl for the majority of the marbles and then move them to a smaller jar as they earn the reward. Creating a behavior marble jar requires little more than a bag of marbles and a few glass jars from your local dollar store or some like these from amazon.

Use helping words instead of hurting words. When i asked her if it made sense she nodded her head with excitement and said i ve got marble jar friends. They also earn marbles for returning their homework folders and completed homework before friday as well as for returning empty homework folders to school on. Identify the theme of your marble jar pick one behavior you want to focus on.

Whatever you choose make it doable and easily noticed. Building marble jar friendships is important because someday we may be flat on our backs needing help and we will want to call on. Include others in play.