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I don't think there is anything wrong with using it as a punishment system if used appropriately - the things that get reds in my son's class are things that need to be punished - stealing things from other K students, hitting, blatant bullying, cursing at a teacher. No one gets a red for having problems sitting still, not being on task etc. That's a yellow, which is not associated with any consequence, and you can move up from it.

Yeah, well at our school, a kid gets dropped a color for not filling in his agenda book in 3rd grade with the day's homework assignment. Mind you there is no creative positive reinforcement in place FOR filling in the agenda book. It doesn't take much to drop a kid a color but it does take a caring person who understands best practices in behavior management to encourage and I Jan for the RIGHT behavior. [/quote]

Well, then it sounds like your issue is the way that the system is being implemented in your school than the system per se.  Again, there are some behaviors (certainly not including agenda book filling out) that need a negative consequence.  The color system is one way to do it.  I have no problem with a kid getting a "red" and call home because he hits a class mate or calls another child ugly or fat.[/quote]

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