Classroom Management

There are two large bumble bee signs hung above our P.E. rules. I wrote P.E. on one and Bees on the other. The whole theme is "How to Be in P.E." and I stress this concept outside of class as well. I have posted small bumble bees around the P.E. rules sign. On each bee there is a word or a saying on how to "be" in P.E. Examples are be:

• on time



• polite


• a good listener


• a team player


• helpful, etc.

Each week, I pull down one sign and place the bee on a lanyard backwards. I share the bee with the students sometime during class and at that point, I turn the bee around. During the middle of the week I place the bee back on the wall.

When I see the students displaying the behavior of a bee (or any one of them posted), I give positive feedback to those students and sometimes reward them with a bee stamp on their hands, a stamp on a piece of paper or a bee sticker. I tell the parents if you see a bee stamped on their child, find out why they received one!