Class Dojo

This year I am trying something new for classroom management and so far it seems to be working great! We are are doing the Class Dojo in our room. This is an online classroom management tool that you can monitor both positive and negative behaviors of your students. We strive to find the positive behaviors and students have really responded to this!

If you haven't checked out this site yet, you really should! They have thought of so much and you can customize the behavior goals to fit your classroom!! This can also be accessed by parents and students so they are always aware of the behaviors! In addition, you can download an app to your smart phone and you have access throughout the day to add or take away points! What a great tool!

Classroom Check Out Board!

Well, I have been absent lately! I have been busy with summer school, but it has now ended. Now it's time to start getting my classroom ready for the year. I feel like I am so behind!! I will be working in the classroom this week, but next week I will be taking a STEM Science class with our district, so I've gotta get busy! Tonight, I made a checkout board for the classroom. I really think it turned out cute, and hopefully the kids will like using this system for signing out of the room.

To make this I bought a bright purple magnet board, magnets, rocks, sticky tape, washi tape, and duck tape. Oh and I got fun sticker letters too! I used the duck tape around the edges of the board and I used the washi tape to divide the sections of the board.

Check out my finished product! It should be fun in the classroom with this interactive sign out board!!

Top "Pop" Stars idea from Christi Fultz

Well, I did it! I made the board that I was inspired to make by Ms. Fultz. I made the Top "Pop" Stars board that I will use to check and see if all classwork and homework is complete each day.

I am making a change in my classroom by giving my students numbers. I usually don't do that, but the more I have been thinking about it the more I think it will save me time! I love the idea of having the students put the work in order each day by student number, and I can see who still hasn't turned everything in. It will be awesome!

Okay so to start I went to Hobby Lobby and bought: a Black Magnetic Board, Washi Tape, Bottle Caps, Scrapbook Paper, and Magnets.

Next, I got out my Cricut and cut out the letters for Top "Pop" STARS with the numbers 1 to 5. I used Multi colors to get this done. I love bright colors!! Once I cut the letters out I laminated them to make them last longer!! Lamination is another BRILLIANT invention.

Next, I arranged it on my board and used the Washi Tape to make a grid. Inside the grid I placed the Bottle Caps using the magnets to apply them to the grid. I wrote student numbers on each of the Bottle Caps. Currently, I only have 15 students in my 5th grade class this year, but I made 20 Bottle Caps. This grid will be used to roll dice for students to win rewards if they have their work turned in for the week. I will make one dice with the letters STARS on it and another dice with the numbers 1-5 on it. I will roll the dice and let's say I roll a purple S and a 2 then the student whose number is in that intersection wins! I haven't come up with all of the prizes, but they will be things like: take your shoes off for the day, sit with a buddy, teacher helper, etc....

The catch is students who have missing work will have to take their numbers off the board until their work is caught up. On Friday I will roll the dice and those students who have all of their work turned in will have a chance to win! They will be able to place their Bottle Cap anywhere on the grid if there is an empty space, that way they are more in control! I'm excited about this, and hopefully this positive reward will motivate students to always have their work done in a timely manner!!

Here is a what my board looks like! The lighting isn't great, and I need to get a better picture, but this is what I have for now. I had to use my phone to take pictures tonight!

This idea was originally from Ms. Fultz and you can see her completed board here! She has awesome ideas, and this was fun to make!