First Week of School!

Wow! It has been a fantastic first week of school!  The students and I have been getting to know each other the past few days.  It has been a wonderful experience!  I think we are going to have a FANTASTIC school year!! 

The first few days were spent working on back to school activities, learning about our classroom, and learning about our new behavior system "PBIS".  We spent the majority of our days reviewing the different ways that we behavior throughout our school.  There were different stations and we traveled to each one learning about the 3 B's ~ Being Respectful, Being Responsible, and Being Safe so we are READY TO LEARN!  Visit the Luther Elementary website to see a link for videos demonstrating positive Luther behaviors in the hallway, cafeteria, while at recess, and to learn about our voice scale system.  You can also visit the District homepage to view a video created by our elementary school principals regarding PBIS!  It is quite funny and shows their humorous side!

While in class we learned about our new Clip Chart system.  This system is being used school wide to monitor positive behaviors in our classroom.  The clip chart system is color coordinated with different behaviors.  Each student has a clip on the chart system and throughout the day will be able to move their clips up the chart in celebration of their positive, Above the Line behaviors!  On the flip side, students can also move down the clip chart system when behaviors are considered below the line.  Each afternoon we review our clips and students are given a stamp in their assignment notebook to show where they ended the day.  

Here is what the clips chart says:

      Magenta Color ~ Outstanding
      Purple Color ~ Great Job
      Blue Color ~ Good Day
      Green Color ~ Ready to Learn (this is where we want to be and start each day!)
       Yellow Color ~ Think About It
      Orange Color ~ Teacher's Choice
      Red Color ~ Parent Contact

My students have a sticker in the front of their assignment notebook which explains the color chart system.  Please refer to this when you see the colored stamp in their assignment notebook!    

     

The week ended with a fantastic assembly where we celebrated PBIS and the start of a great 2012-2013 school year!  Mr. Geiger and Mrs. Arnett asked staff to participate in a Family Feud game reviewing school wide behaviors!  The students had a great time cheering us on.  The assembly ended with the entire school singing "The 3 B's!"  If you are interested in a copy of the words please me!

Finally we discussed how our different stamp colors and our positive behaviors can earn us yellow reward tickets.  These tickets can be turned in for different rewards!  These rewards are rewards that help others and celebrate our hard work!

I cannot wait to see the great behaviors I have already seen from my Fabulous Luther 4th continue this year!

Please check out these photos related to PBIS!

Here is our Clip Chart System!  Students begin each and every day on "Ready to Learn"!

This image shows our Voice Scale and the new Behavior Matrix!