New SWAG POSTERS!!

I did a post on my swag poster and I made a few variations for ya'll! I might even have to use one myself! Here they are. You can get them here.

Do your students have SWAG?

I found this idea somewhere out in pinterest land, of course. But I altered it a bit. I found myself last year saying things like: "Sit up straight" "Your brain doesn't work when its flat" ( laying head on desk) " Eyes on me" etc.  So I implemented this idea and my students really responded well. If I saw any student not following those expectations I would just remind "Remember, we have SWAG here" Or  "Aren't you SWAGALICIOUS" etc. I had to make it fun for them, not a rule. I am having a friend turn this in to a poster for me,... ( WE have a poster maker, but its only black and white... BLAH) When it is posted in my classroom I will post pictures.  Click the picture to get it at my TPT store!

 

QR Codes for class Coupon

I have welcomed technology folks! :) I created these QR codes to phase out my class lotto tickets. Coolest thing EVER!  The Coupons graphics are made by THE 3AM TEACHER and The Teacher Chick! Here are some photos of my creations.

This is what the QR codes print out looks like. Be sure your device(smart phone, ipad, I pod 4th generation) has an actual QR scanner not just the barcode scanner. I was trying to use a barcode scanner it didn't work so well.

This is what comes up!

Here are all the coupons I made.

If you want them, you can get them here at my store.

 

When school starts, I will detail how I use it in my classroom and do a give away! Enjoy!

Behavior Management

END OF YEAR BLUES!

I know, you're feelin' it probably as bad as I am! Behavior gets super weird... One day phenomenal, the next down right rediculous.  I found this while surfing pinterest and put together a few ideas I saw and created my 30 days left! system for the end of the year...

I devised an evil plan to keep my students on their best behavior, so I stay sane. Okay so here is how it works:
First, I still use my Class Dojo website for daily classroom management. But, the spin I put on it is that at the end of the day (last 20 minutes or so) any student on POSITIVE gets to participate in popping a balloon to reveal an activity the class gets to do. :) Here is what I started with the first week:

Balloons blown up with helium and cute little paper weights...... and after the FIRST DAY, they were hanging on the floor!!! EPIC FAIL :( We kept those balloons, but the next week I came up with this:

These WERE NOT helium filled.  I just bought an air pumper from Target and put a few of my kiddos to work. I just stapled the tied part of the balloon onto one of my bulletin boards. It is difficult to tell, but I numbered the balloons to correlate with each week. I did this on purpose. Each week, the five balloons contained an extra recess card, a free time card, and 3different Minute To Win It games. I just went to the website, used their games, and altered some of the supplies needed. Now we don't get to it every day. So don't think I am perfectly fitting this into my calm schedule.

 

Here is the an example of cards I used:

You can get these here!! And remember, even though it's almost over you have to keep them motivated.

 

 

Behavior Management

After 4 years of teaching, I think I have officially changed my behavior management plan EVERY YEAR! Not this time! I found my groove and I'm stickin' with it!

Okay first, I use a computer tracking system called www.classdojo.com. Here is a view of my homeroom class page.

It allows  you to give positive points and negative points for behaviors. As you can see I have a rockin' class this year. Its totally customizable. It is amazing and allows a considerable amount of ways to communicate with your parents. Many teachers at my school use it! It also has an app for your smart phone so you can access it anywhere in the school building. WAAHOO!

 

Then, the last 10 minutes of class we review our points. As you can see most of my students ended with a positive day. There are two who ended with no points. Some days, I will have friends end on negative. Any student who is on positive at the end of the day is rewarded with a sticker in their personal behavior chart. They also get these following rewards:

 

Positive friends will get a punch on their punch card. I found these awesome nuggets on this blog http://whattheteacherwants.blogspot.com/2011/07/whats-bee-havior-buzzzz.html?showComment=1311703519596#c596228324457300652. When they fill up the punch card they can trade it in for a prize box pick.

Positive friends will also sign their name on the LEARN bingo board. I will then usually draw 3 balls and anyone with their name on that square will get extra rewards.

If they win bingo, I have either my Super Star Jar. (candy)

 

Or, I have lottery tickets that I got from this blog - http://simply2ndresources.blogspot.com/2011/07/project-of-day-inspired-by-pinterest.html.

My lottery tickets range from a new pencil, positive point on Class Dojo ( see beginning of this post), to prize box or eat lunch in the class room.

Any negative students will have the undesirable behaviors documented in their personal behavior chart. You can use any consequence you feel . I try to focus more on the positive, but I do sometimes have students who are on negative by recess time, owe me some thinking time.

 

As you can see I have many stages of my behavior management. However, it kept the kiddos engaged and aware of their behaviors throughout the entire year!