It's Friday!

Goodness what a week!  I am beyond exhausted.  It is 12am and I am still up working on PBS rewards.  My school has started the process for PBS (Positive Behavior Supports).  We are doing a school wide "Caught Ya" ticket system.   If we catch a child from another class being good, we hand them a ticket.  They fill it out and put it in a bucket.  The principal draws one from each grad level on Fridays and calls the kids' names on morning announcements.  They also get their picture on the "I Got Caught Being Good Board" at the front of the school.  We are also using the clip up/down charts.  

Each teacher is responsible for her own classroom incentive.  Well, I am tired of spending so much money every year to try and bribe children.  Honestly, it's the most simple things that they love.  

With that being said, I've decided to do "warm fuzzies" in my room.  Why do you ask???  Because I have a whole box full of pompoms (aka warm fuzzies).  When I catch a child on task, I will simply walk over, tell them I love how they are doing _____________.... and hand them a pompom.  It's their responsibility to save it for Friday.  On Fridays they get to trade them in.

I created these tickets that I am going to print on colored card stock.  I am going to give my students the option to spend their fuzzies on a coupon or to save them for something bigger.  This will be done on Fridays.

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So the first full day has come and gone...I am tired.  I wanted to show you a few more things.

First my wonderful mother in law bought me these really cute coasters for Christmas.  I don't have a need for them right now so I repurposed them.  I stuck a magnet on the back and glued ribbon to it.  Now it is what I use for my "How We Go Home" board.

Also we are starting PBS at our school.  We all made these clipboards out of colored tape.  We will carry them all through school for the entire year.  I am trying to come up with a way to reward my students for good behavior.  Do you have any suggestions?  I am not really wanting to buy stuff, just reward them with little things like sit at the picnic table for the day, etc.

It's done!!!!

So school starts Monday....what???? Where the heck did my summer go?  I am sooooo thankful that my Master's program was finished in May so I had my complete summer off. I moved Saturday to my new apartment and got all of my things put away nicely.  I got a lot of my classroom done today.  And we have a wedding shower on Sunday.  I plan to rest these next 4 days because the next break I get is the Wedding day!!!!

Here are some pictures of my class.   I will post more next week.



My before classroom                                                                      Teacher Board

Helper Board

Teacher Area

Scrunch border word wall....adorable

Thinking Maps and Calendar

Reading area

Math word wall and listening center

Another reading area

View from the door to the back

View from the door

so cute!  I love the blue border

I am trying out my Chinese lanterns.  Here's to hoping the alarm doesn't go off tonight.  :/

A person's and person no matter how small....

View from side to side

View from front to back

Wow! Abandonment!!! But a new year is coming.

     So, I have really abandoned my blog.  So sad.  This year has gotten away from me.  First, our sweet little Mikey passed away.  Then I got engaged. I finished my Masters.  I am moving schools and apartments.  I have let my blog go, but I'm back!

     I was told in May that I had to leave my classroom of 7 years and move out into portable world.  I was ok with it but really hate packing.  I packed my entire room and on the last day of school my asst. principal announced she was leaving but couldn't tell me where she was going yet.  She hugged me and said if I wanted a job for the next year to call her.  Later that day I found out she was going to a school that is 5 minutes from my house (as opposed to the 45 minute commute through downtown Nashville that I  was about to make everyday).
   
     I put in for a transfer on Tuesday and was hired to the new school on Thursday.  So exciting but scary at the same time.

    Here are pictures of my new classroom.




















                                                                                                                I have now moved all of my things in and have about 4 boxes left to unpack.  I WILL NOT embarrass myself and put those pictures on here.  I will have after ones in a week because school starts July 29.  :/

Ok I have to get back to packing my apartment.  I will post soon.
   
Danielle