Use Rubrics Even In Your Classroom Management

Because rubrics are such a large part of our state testing, I decided to include a rubric with my behavior management card system.  On our state testing a 4 is Advanced, 3 is Proficient, 2 is Basic,  1 is Below Basic, and 0 is an irrelevant response.  To emulate the state testing rubric I made each card on my behavior system equal to a 4, 3, 2, 1, or 0.  Students receive a score at the end of the week out of a total point value of 20.  Students are allotted 4 points a day which equals 2o points for a 5 day week.  If students get at least 18 out of 20 points, they receive a special treat on Friday.  On Friday, I communicate students total score on a parent communication page attached to students’ weekly graded work.  See the chart system in picture form below.