I took the step... I started a blog. I love sharing teaching ideas and love finding them too... so what better way that to blog about it? Let me first start by sharing my old first grade classroom. Where the "monkeys" all began...
The last photo is of my "No monkeying around" behavior tree... The location where I first had it was hard for the kids to reach so I moved it to here:
The behavior chart is really where the monkey theme stuck... student's monkey clip stays in the tree when they have a good day and "falls" out of the tree when they have a bad day. At the end of the day the students binders have a stamp if the monkey stays in the tree and a highlighted day if it fell with a quick note.I created monthly behavior charts so each month the students behavior is tracked and if the student had a stamp the entire month they were given a special award. I can upload all of these documents as soon as I figure out how to do that!
Here is the rest of my first grade classroom...
The blue tape on the floor is to help the students remember to push their chairs in and also to keep their desk orderly.
...and one more reason the theme stuck with me forever... a homemade monkey cake from a parent...
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