CR-PBIS - Culturally Responsive Positive Behavior Intervention System
Such a long name for something that is just a clip chart for behavior! At my school we use a universal clip chart so anyone can discipline/guide our students. It helps our students know they are accountable for their actions every where in the school. We also have behavior calendars which stay in an outside cover of their Go Home folder. It helps us communicate with home how their day was. At the end of the day, I go over final clip ups and downs, then it is their responsibility to color the square for the day. Some of my parents don't trust what their child colors, so I have to write a note on top of it and sign it. Before I give the students their calendars I also add our class events - parties, writers workshop celebrations, field trips, no school, etc. Classroom Library
We all know we spend tons of our own money building our classroom library - or take extra time out of our day for the Scholastic magazine orders to earn our points! Either way we have a library of books for our students to use. The last thing we want to happen is for our books to disappear. I created a simple check out log for my students to use. I created a job, classroom librarian, who will help me go through the check out log, returning books. In a year, I've only had one book not return using my check out log. I then gave them a book fine to pay back for the book they lost. I also created a log to check daily where my students are in their book. It makes them more accountable for their work inside and outside the classroom. I can tell from my log which students didn't read or who said they did and you can tell by how many pages they read it isn't true. When they check in daily, I can check to see what book they are reading, and see if its' lexile level is appropriate to their reading level. It also helps me keep track to know when they should be writing a book report or taking a reading counts quiz over their book.
Interactive Notebooks
These are great templates, that are editable, to use for your math, reading, and writing interactive notebooks. The math notebook correlates with Pearson, but since it is left in a word document you can edit it to meet your needs! These are great tools to use to organize all of the students work in one area. They are also great for students to use as references when studying, or for open note tests. I love to use this book with my interactive notebooks:
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These are the cutest thing I have ever made! They are tiny iPods that you add text or pictures to the display screen! I'm going to use them on my classroom door with the heading: This Years Playlist in Room 9 and have all my new kiddos names on an iPod (picture to follow when completed). They have more uses than as a welcome board. You can put a sight word on each iPod and display them on your sight word wall. You can also type in math problems or literacy activities. These have endless possibilities! Check them out!
Testing
Standardized testing - everyone's favorite 2 words! It can be stressful to us as the teachers, but what about our students? I took a new approach this year to try and motivate everyone. Every morning before we took a test I would leave a little testing treat on their desk. They were all motivational sayings to encourage them to do their best on the test, and it gave them a treat. Every day during testing I would catch them peeking into the classroom to see what treat was on their desk. Their favorite was the banana. Who doesn't love a banana?? Besides motivating them I wanted to make sure they took the test serious. As part of our test prep I started preparing them for what I look for during testing. Did they read all the questions carefully, did they use their time wisely, did they take notes/underline/highlight, and did they answer everything? I reinforced these skills from day 1 of the school year - these skills became second nature to them. Then the week before ISTEP I showed them my tracking sheet and how they can earn points each day of testing. Then I showed them what they can earn as a reward, and then they were excited to take the test. They can get rewarded just for doing those things on the test??? That's so easy! They've been doing those all school year! I was so proud of all of them! There were 4 levels they could earn, and I am happy to say that everyone earned at least a level 2 or higher!
Standardized testing - everyone's favorite 2 words! It can be stressful to us as the teachers, but what about our students? I took a new approach this year to try and motivate everyone. Every morning before we took a test I would leave a little testing treat on their desk. They were all motivational sayings to encourage them to do their best on the test, and it gave them a treat. Every day during testing I would catch them peeking into the classroom to see what treat was on their desk. Their favorite was the banana. Who doesn't love a banana?? Besides motivating them I wanted to make sure they took the test serious. As part of our test prep I started preparing them for what I look for during testing. Did they read all the questions carefully, did they use their time wisely, did they take notes/underline/highlight, and did they answer everything? I reinforced these skills from day 1 of the school year - these skills became second nature to them. Then the week before ISTEP I showed them my tracking sheet and how they can earn points each day of testing. Then I showed them what they can earn as a reward, and then they were excited to take the test. They can get rewarded just for doing those things on the test??? That's so easy! They've been doing those all school year! I was so proud of all of them! There were 4 levels they could earn, and I am happy to say that everyone earned at least a level 2 or higher!
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