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We all know how much students HATE to be singled out...especially at the secondary levels. Junior high and high school students may become confrontational when reprimanded in front of their peers, and some may even be embarrassed by verbal praise. I found a version of this little gem in Wendy Murawski's book, "Collaborative Teaching in Secondary Schools: Making the Co-Teaching Marriage Work!" (Awesome book, by the way...a must read for co-teachers everywhere. You can purchase it on Amazon by clicking here). I used the ideas in the book to create these cards:

(front)

(back options)

You can access a printable PDF version of these cards by clicking here. Just print both pages, then run it through your copy machine to print front and back, and viola! Classroom management success!
One idea would be to print the positive cards on green paper and the redirective cards on red paper...but, that makes it more obvious which card you're giving to the students (white will be more discrete), so do what works for your classroom. Laminate the cards and you can use the same ones over and over again.

Happy Teaching!