consequences are a necessary part of classroom management having a short list of clearly communicated practical ones to use when students break classroom rules is a great time saver planning consequences beforehand also takes the unpredictable emotional response out of correcting misbehavior but sometimes a different more specific consequence is required one that is related to the offense the creating logical consequences strategy holds students accountable for their actions in a sensible way here's how to get started first download and print a copy of the logical consequences planner in the first column write down a disruptive behavior that would be more constructively addressed by using quick logical consequence instead of one of your general classroom ones in the second column write what you think would be a fair appropriate consequence for that behavior one that would make amends for your students actions then in the third column objectively consider if the consequence is fair and appropriate it's a good idea to run these alternatives by your administrator to make sure they are in line with your school's discipline policies finally once you have used this logical consequence reflect on its effectiveness did it fix the problem caused by the misbehavior did it prevent the misbehavior from happening again this step will help you determine whether to keep this consequence for future use or come up with something different your logical consequences will help your students see the results of their actions and encourage them to take ownership of their behavior while they are not a replacement for your general classroom consequences they are effective in situations where students can reverse the effect of their own misbehavior so add logical consequences to your classroom management plan to help students make better behavior choices in the future you