Kimberly, what conversations do you have on your first day of any new group of students or the beginning of a new course session? I would highly recommend talking to students about consequences of violating classroom policies. Get students to discuss their ideas of acceptable actions on your part when you find them violating these rules. Then when a student is in the wrong you can simply ask them what was the agreed upon actions for their improper behavior and when they respond you can let them know to follow through with that action. This puts more ownership on the students when they act out of character or contrary to your classroom rules. James Jackson