Revamping Behavior management for end of year

Hey guys!
I hope you've been having a good year. It's been hard to update the blog this year, and I don't know why...but I wanted to share with you what I am doing from now until the end of the year...
In my room, I started off the year with a clip chart system, but after the first month, it was not working for my little ones, so I switched to class dojo exclusively. I had the system up daily and gave and took points, plus had rewards and consequences for points. My parents love the daily communication they receive and the fact they can log in at anytime. 
Well , after spring break, I put my kids back into table groups and changed class dojo just to table points. Now the table has to work together to get points and at the end of the day, whichever table has the most, gets to be VIP for the next day. They visit treasure box, where tags around school and get a surprise on desks when they arrive in morning! I love it and they love the change. I think it will work for the end of the year. (only 40 days left!) Here are some highlights..and freebies!

My first group to get VIP last week..they were very excited for the Oreos!

I made a poster to go along with the new system to remind the students how to act like a VIP. (click for copy)

These are the tags I printed and laminated, then hung on necklaces for the VIP members to wear. (click for copy)

And finally, I made a good note and poor choices note to send home to individual students in case they still did awesome and their table didn't get VIP or they really need to change their behavior for next day.

And finally, a reason I've been so busy to update is this little person growing inside! Here is an updated pic from 2 weeks ago! We find out sex next Monday and are beyond excited!!

Have a good week friends!

Clip Chart Freebie

Hey everyone! Happy Saturday...the only reason I know that is because my husband is home. ;) I love how in summer, the days just blend together..and that is ok. :D
So I've been making a lot of homemade ice cream. For our wedding last year, we got the Kitchen Aid ice cream bowl attachment and I just love it!

 So I started off with a mango flavor, but that didn't turn out so well. :/ Then last week I did this little concoction..if any of you are familiar with Superman ice cream...(it is amazing), that what it was supposed to be. Superman flavor is hard to explain, it does have a hint of pistachio I suppose and that was in it, but other than that, it's hard to describe what else..needless to say, I love it..however, as pretty as this recipe looked, I just didn't like it..and my husband hated it. Oh well, another recipe.

But third time's the charm right?! This week I made strawberry, a classic. ;) It was pretty good! Yay..we have a winner. haha

Other news I wanted to share, is we did get our puppy!! She's pretty cute, she sleeps a lot, but does have puppy energy when we take her out and is already crate trained and we are working on the house-breaking. :) Her name is Lola!

And finally, I have a freebie I'd like to share...I'm doing a rainbow/chalkboard theme for next year and just created this behavior clip chart. It's simple, but sometimes that's the best right?

 

Last thing, if you've been thinking about me...thank you! I got a text from my Dean on Thursday saying my principal got a call for a reference from that school I applied to! :) I haven't heard anything back, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for sometime next week hopefully!

 

Well I have a friend coming over tonight to check out the new house and Lola..we're going to grill out and I made a Key Lime pie for dessert...(one of my favorite summer desserts!) 

Have a wonderful Saturday night!

Super!!

Hey everyone! So I'm working on revamping the behavior plan for my little kiddo that's been giving me some grief. I made this sticker type chart and he will be rewarded with a sticker if he can make good choices every hour or so. Then I thought I'd go ahead and whip up a girl one too. You can grab a copy of these if you'd like! Hope everyone had a great Tuesday! One more day of instruction for me and then I have a day of prof dev on Thursday and a 4 day weekend...wahoo!!