Clipchart Behavior Management System with Monthly Behavior Calendars

     Hi Blogland! I am slightly embarrassed to say that it has been over 2 years since I posted on this blog of mine....  A LOT has changed since April 2014.  Goodness gracious has it ever.  I got pregnant. I had our first baby....a sweet little boy named Harrison, who is now 17 months.  Here is my little squish! (Left - 7 months. Right - 16 months). I can't believe how big he is getting!!

                              We sold our house this Spring (less than 2 weeks after listing it on the market), were homeless for 2 months (not really.....we just had to move into a rental), and then moved this summer into our dream home!!!  3200 square feet of fabulous space!  Whoohoo!  

   Now, of course it is mid-July and I am trying to get into teacher mode.  I can't believe school starts back in less  than a month! Where has the time gone?!?!  After getting like a bazillion comments on my TPT store over the past several weeks asking when I was going to be updating my Clipchart Behavior Management System file for 2018-2019, I decided I better get on it.  I have been blown away by the TPT buyer loyalty to this product. I have been creating it for over 4 years and so many customers have religiously come to purchase each school year.  I love reading all of the comments of how it has helped teachers in their classrooms with not only management, but daily parent communication.
    Well, little squish spent the morning playing with his  friends at daycare just so I could finish up this product, and HERE IT IS!  After listening to feedback from customers, I made some tweaks to the calendars so there are more options for teachers and I also created a set of blank clip chart posters for teachers who want to use different wording on each color. If you no longer use a clip chart system, there is a behavior calendar option for each month that doesn't have clip chart info as well.  Click on the picture to download this system for only $3.00 in my TPT store.  Or, if you have purchased the earlier version and only need the updated calendars for this school year, click HERE. I hope this system is as helpful to you all this year as it has been in years past! Happy teaching!!
            - Beth


 

Clip Chart Behavior Management System with Monthly Calendars FREEBIE

**** 7-30-18 Update!! The NEW 2018-2019 Clip Chart Management System & Calendars are available on my TPT Store at the following link ****  

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Clipchart-Behavior-Management-System-with-Monthly-Behavior-Calendars-2018-2019-3957103

Hey ya'll!!!  Summer is almost over.... :( Boo hoo....I can't believe the school year is about to begin!! It's so bittersweet.  I'm super excited to start a new school year (I LOVE new beginnings and a fresh start!) but also sad to give up my days of sleeping in and being on my own schedule.  I'm pretty sure my husband does not feel bad for me though....haha.  I think he'll be glad for me to start back so I can't be home spending money! ;) 

    Anyway, I don't know about all of you, but with the start of a new school year, one of the first things I want to have firmly in place is a behavior management system...and a good one at that!  I have tried several different systems over the past several years, and the one that I used this past school year seemed to work the best out of all the ones I've tried, so I am going to do it again!  I did some tweaking to the clip chart system I used last year, though, and changed "Outstanding" to "Outstanding LEADER" since my school does The Leader in Me and focuses on developing the 7 Habits and Leadership skills in our students.  I also made monthly behavior calendars to go along with the clip chart system to help me communicate behavior daily to parents.  This is going to be a change for me since before I was using a weekly behavior communication sheet.  I liked the weekly sheet because I had more room to write in notes/comments, giving parents more detailed information about good things their child did that day and more info about poor choices they may have made too so the parents had some info to follow up with the child at home.  But it truly was getting difficult and time consuming to write notes.  So I came up with a behavior code with numbers that correspond to different behaviors, so I can refer to the numbers to let parents know what specific behaviors their child struggled with (I always feel that is important so the parents have some info to address things at home effectively).   I think I am going to like the monthly calendars because they are going to be more manageable and less paper to have to copy each week.  They are also very self explanatory, so I hope parents will find them user friendly and communicative.
   Along with this management pack is a parent letter to explain the system, student award certificates for when the students reach "Outstanding Leader" and a "Outstanding Leader Hall of Fame" poster for students to retire their clips when they have reached Outstanding Leader 5 times.  The first 3 teachers to comment on this post and leave their email get this pack for FREE!!!  Or if you would like to purchase this behavior management pack, click on the picture to go to my TPT store.  It's only $1.99!!
    Does anyone use monthly calendars in their classrooms now?  I'd love to know what you think about them, how they work for you, and any tips you have!!
    Happy Teaching!!

               Love, Beth