Behavior Management

I don't remember there being a course all about the attention-seeking, violent, and tear filled behaviors that six year olds sometimes bring to school.  My MAT program didn't press that upon me enough.

I was definitely unprepared.

So now each year, my classroom management is what I focus on the most. I was introduced to Class Dojo this year. IT IS THE BEST! I'm obsessed. My kids loved it. I loved it. I even used in during summer school.
Last year, we just set a goal and a time frame and if you got the required points before the pre set deadline, you'd visit my treasure box.
For summer school it was only 13 kids, so the deal was 5 points by dismissal and you'd visit the treasure box.

Needless to say, my treasure box is junk/empty by now. I needed someway to use my beloved ClassDojo that was something new and exciting and most necessarily EASY for me.

I finally figured it out and am excited to share it!

A few weeks ago, I decided on my zebra/animal print themed room and began searching for things. I found this cute idea from Cassandra at Adventures in Room 5. I printed just in case. THANK GOODNESS I did.

I took these bins I was going to use for items students could purchase with their points. When I really thought about writing out paychecks everyday or every week for 24 students, I realized that it wasn't going to work.

So I've decided to use my bins and Cassandra's flowchart. Click here for the freebie.
Students will all use a clip. It starts in the blue bin labeled clips Monday morning (I might need to go over the silver sharpie with puffy paint). Then if they get five points a day, they'll move up to Hall of Fame by the end of the week! Treasure box day! Their placement on the flowchart dictates the bin of goodies they can pick from!

Here are my bins. Don't mind the messy house. I should clean it on summer vacation, but what fun is that?