Back to School Ideas: Behavior Management

Hello everyone! :)  Today I'm super excited to be participating in a linky hosted by my dear friend and bloggy sister Sara from Miss V's Busy Bees!

This is a 10 week linky party!

Each week there will be a different focus!

This week, I'll be sharing my ideas for...

BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT!

I'm a clip chart girl! :)
I know there's been much discussion about it, but I've found it to be successful in my room over the last several years, and I'm starting the year with one again this year too! :)
My classroom is pirate themed!  So all of my management has a piratey flavor! :)

Here are three things that I use in my class each year that help me stay sane throughout the year! :)

I love a good theme in a classroom!
It makes it feel warm when you walk in! :)
My classroom theme is PIRATES and my management system corresponds with it! :)

My first management tip is to make your system prominent. 

Make sure that the kids know that you take your system seriously and you will hold them accountable for both good and bad behavior...no matter what type of system you have.

My sweet bloggy buddies Tara from And They All Fall Down...and Stacy from Funky Fresh Firsties started their own store.  It's called Tea & Coffee...because one of them likes tea, and the other likes coffee! What they BOTH love to do is make cute stuff! :)  I don't particularly fancy myself crafty...but they do!  And they're good at it! They made the magnets for my clip chart as a special order...and then they made me these adorable clothes pins and pirate magnets to continue my theme! :)

My students love them and it really helps to tie everything to my overall classroom theme! :)

Another thing to consider when developing your own management system is to make the rewards fun! :)

I snagged these reward coupons from Mel D over at Seusstastic! :)  I know...with my pirate theme, I should have a treasure chest...but can I keep it real?  Stocking a treasure chest with things from the dollar tree that break after they've been played with twice is not my idea of a good way to spend money.

These coupons are recyclable!

I get them back from my students when they've used them...and then I can RE-USE them with another student! :)

Genius!

This is my second year using them...and they've held up so well! :)

Just print laminate and go!

Let the money saving begin! :)

Loved this meme!

It's so true! :)

One of the things I've learned over the years is that when my own students get on my nerves it's most likely because I didn't have a procedure in place to prevent that.

One day, I sat down and wrote a question for every procedure I could think of throughout the day.

If I didn't have an answer for how to address it...then, I came up with one!

This has helped me so much.  I can't even explain it to you! :)

Your students should be your joy!

I know that some days will be harder than others...but...when several of them do the same thing over and over...and you're like...UGH...why do they DO that?

Ask yourself...did I ever give them another way to handle that?  That I would PREFER?

Click HERE to download these questions for yourself! :)

That's all for me today friends!

Thanks Sara for inviting me to your fun linky! :)

If you'd like to continue reading about management ideas from other fantastic elementary bloggers, please click on the button below to be directed back to Sara's page! :)