Back to school means time to teach your new class your rules and procedures. Do you use brag tags? You can use brag tags to motivate your students. You can incorporate goal setting along with these procedures and use brag tags as a reward. Introduce the goal (procedure) to your class. In the picture is a desk goal sign. Have students model what the goal looks or acts like. There are also blank goal signs so you can personalize them to fit your class needs. Later in the year, you may want to revisit this when your student begin falling out of their chairs, rocking back in their chairs, not pushing their chairs in, or have messy desks. Goal setting can be used throughout the year to fine-tune expectations. Attach brag tags to popsicle stick or tongue depressor. Use these during your lessons when a student needs a reminder of the goal. These make great visual cues. There are different ways you can display brag tags. Hang brag tags on curtains rings like the ones in the picture above. I hung them on a push pin with a hook. Above the hook is students' assigned number. This is a easy display to make. You can buy 24 metal shower curtain rings for $1 at Dollar Tree. If you use calendar numbers instead of names you can use this same bulletin board every year. Do you get a sad report when you pick your class up at specials or lunch? Attach a brag tag or two to your clipboard. I'm sure the teacher or support staff holding up one of these will motivate your students to show positive behavior. How do you store your brag tags? There are many different ways: tool box, notebox, or in ziplock bags like the picture above. You can punch a hole in the corner and connect the bags with a ring. Would you like to see more about this? Brag Tags and Goal Setting Sources to make my blog post graphics can be found HERE. Click HERE to read my blog's disclosure statement.
I was on pinterest tonight, and I just LOVED these ideas! I wanted to share in case someone doesn't have pinterest, or of you haven't seen them yet! I've pinned them on my "school" board. I'm also doing this from my phone, so hopefully this post comes out okay!! GENIUS!!!!! This is one of those moments where I'm blown away at the simplicity and practicality of an idea that I NEVER thought of! This is going to save me tons of arguments in my room:) (Or me trying to keep up with who's in line for the computer)
Brag Awards can be an exciting, little addition to your existing behavior management system. They make the award-giving process super special for students who work hard to try to earn them. Their unique design makes them a fun and cheap way to reward positive behavior within your classroom. The Brag Awards are Black and White and there are 30 different awards. Simply print them on colored paper and cut them out to transform them into super cute treats for your students. They are not editable, which means that you will need to write students names on the awards using pen. There are numerous ways that you can use Brag Awards. You may like to use them as an end-of-week treat or you may like to incorporate them throughout the week to help motivate students in various subject areas. For example, if your class is working hard on improving their spelling test scores you may hand out a few of the spelling awards to top performers or most improved students. The pack also includes seasonal/special occasion awards for special days such as Birthdays, Christmas, Easter etc. These are great to use as stand-alone gifts to students or as little tags on any gifts you choose to give to them. The Brag Awards come in 3 different sizes – a4, a5 and 4 to a page. They also come in two styles – a basic style (as seen in the thumbs) or a more detailed version (including ‘from’ and ‘date’). Please see the preview for more details! If you liked these, you may also like these super cute Brag Bracelets: Brag Bracelets - Black and White Brag Bracelets - Color ♥♥♥ Follow me to be the first to hear about FREEBIES and updates ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥ Earn TPT Credits when you leave feedback ♥♥♥ I welcome and appreciate any feedback, comments or suggestions. You may also contact me on [email protected]
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I will not nag my students ever again. Instead I will brag about the amazing things I see. You know what will happen next! The good will build upon the good. How It Works For Me: Sometimes I am a wealth of joy and praise, and I make it rain affirmations and rewards. Sometimes... my compassion has fatigued and I just want to show a movie every day for the rest of the week. So here is what I do daily so that the kids are affirmed not matter how I "feel". I shot a video for you. Put in your ear phones or better yet - go hide in the bathroom with your phone and have a few moments of peace and enjoy a video! This video: shot in a real classroom real kids real teacher real solutions for affirming your students quickly and easily shows implementation, organization, and a real in-class 30 second awards ceremony Awarding Kids / 30 Second Awards Ceremony: Just in case the video isn't working, I thought I might explain as well: Writing out the awards During last recess, I start pulling notes from a pocket chart (my friend uses a shoe holder) I write names on 5 mini awards. I choose 1 person from each table group (I have 5 table groups) I cross their name off my seating chart. By the end of the week I have systematically affirmed every child in my class. Because their are 85 notes to choose from, the affirmation has been genuine. Some kids are harder to enjoy. Let's be real. If you have a nose picker in your class you know what I mean. But every single child does something right and these awards help us see that. The nose picker child, keeps a clean nose and a clean desk... See what I mean. The 30 Second Ceremony: In the last 10 minutes, as the kids finish packing up, they come to the carpet wearing their packs. We have a 30 second classroom awards ceremony. I call out a name I say what the award is for They stand, come forward, and I shake their hand. They take their award. They stand in front of the group. I award 5-7 kids. ( See graphic below) It looks something like this… The Audience: The “audience kids” take out their imaginary cameras They make picture taking sounds "click-click" Then they shout in unison, “You’re FAMOUS!” The audience learns to support and encourage the recipients who are are beaming, blossoming, and making me tear up almost every day. Results: The awarded kids go soaring out the door and their first words when they get in the car are… “MRS KNIGHT GAVE ME A CLASSROOM AWARD TODAY! ! !” The mother kisses her elated child, and she feels her child was "seen" and loved on at school. Her child feels loved by me and like a star. They feel valued and important. No matter how I "felt" that day, I was an encouragement We never know what a child can become with extra encouragement. Maya Angelou loved words! And once she found her voice, she shared it with the world! Her grandmother was the biggest encouragement in her life! Imagine if her teacher had also been a great encouragement. Maybe someday one of my students will come back and say, “Thanks for the encouragement notes Mrs. Knight. It made a difference!” Subs need to praise the kids too- I leave a series of 4 notes for my sub to hand out at the end of the day for the kids who helped her most. My last sub begged me for a copy of the notes. She plans to use them from now on because being a guest teacher is tough. Organizing is easy! You can run full page copies or the 1/4 page ones like I do. I keep 20 of each award on hand at all times. I keep mine in a pocket chart. But if wall space is an issue, here are other ideas. an index card file a shoe hanger clear sleeves in a folder or just stacks standing on end in a drawer. Getting Started: Start with 1 kind of award I recommend starting with the "Printing Prince" and "Printing Princess" award. It's so easy to see who deserves it and so easy for the rest of the class to try for. Award 2 kids a day during that 1st week. Week 2 I recommend adding the "Peacemakers" award. Now you are awarding neat printers and peacemakers. The 3rd week add the "Awesome Improvement" award because by now the kids are so hungry to please you, they have all improved in huge ways. By week 4 you are ready to fly! Keeping Track: I included lots of management tips check off sheets a complete table of contents in the unit everything included helps you be organized and stay positive! So are you ready to: change the dynamic in your classroom? end the day as well as you start it? have the children blossom and the parents adore you? Then join me! Click { HERE } or on the image below Find this unit and Parent Reminders on TpT! Easy, organized, print, copy and go Parent Communication is another great strategy to stay happy and organized all year!
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