I am enjoying my second official day of Spring Break, but I still wanted to share something that I have tried this year that has really helped behavior. Since I am on Spring Break, I didn't want to go down to school just to take a picture of it, but luckily, I had a picture I had already taken that had it in there! Happy Dance!
This is the behavior clip chart that I have my students use. I love the fact that students can move up instead of just down. When I ask a student to clip down, I try to find at least two students who are modeling the appropriate behavior and I ask them to clip up. I really want to encourage making good choices instead of just focusing on the bad.
Each student has a copy of this sheet in their planner. Each afternoon before we pack up, the students use a crayon or marker to show where they ended up by the end of the day. They take their planner home to their parents who must initial it. I give each student a sticker in our sticker economy the next morning if they have their parent's initial. I collect them at the end of the week and give an additional small prize to all students who have initials for the whole week. I save these in their files and share them with parents during conferences.
You can download a free copy of this
clip chart weekly behavior chart here from
Classroom Compulsion. It is editable, so I edited for font and to match my own clip chart.
I am linking up this week with
Fourth Grade Flipper for
Tried It Tuesday.
I love how you make a point of supporting students who are doing the right thing as well. So important!
ReplyDeleteJennifer
Mrs. Laffin's Laughings
When I loop, I very rarely have to use a behavior system, but next year I will be off my loop, so I will definitely be keeping this in mind. I agree with Jennifer, I like that you point out the positive behavior at the same time.
ReplyDeleteAlison
Rockin' and Lovin' Learnin'
It is great that you make a point to have students clip up and not just focus on the negative. I also love that the students track their behavior each day by coloring in where they ended up at the end of the day. Thanks for linking up! :)
ReplyDelete~Holly
Fourth Grade Flipper