Good Listeners Shine!

Setting the tone for success at the beginning of the year is key!  I have found that taking the time initially to explicitly teach positive behaviors and routines greatly pays off in the long run.  Here's a little listening bulletin board I spruced up the other day.  I'm getting so excited to meet my new kiddos in a few weeks!  Before we know it we will be back in the swing of things working on those ever so important classroom behaviors and routines.   What are some of your favorite beginning of the school year routines to set the tone?

Behavior Management

Well, we started a new clip chart system today, and wow did it work!  Yay! ;)  I think it was so quiet during math work time today you could have heard a pin drop!  Here is a picture of what our class chart looks like.

Each day everyone starts on green "Ready to Learn".  When the students are following our class rules and doing awesome they get to jump up a level.  When they are not following class rules they jump down to yellow "Warning" no matter where they were at.  I keep track of all positive and negative points throughout the day with my handy dandy Class Dojo app.  Please be on the lookout for daily emails from Class Dojo to tell you the details of your child's day.  I would love to hear your feedback on this new system. :)