September 2018Live Love Learn With Miss Kriss
I switched about 3 years ago to this clip chart. I remember I started seeing clip charts everywhere on Pinterest and hearing everyone talking about them. So of course I had to check it out. One of the things I loved about the clip chart was that students could move up and down based on good or poor choices.
If a student made a poor choice, they could have a chance to move the clip back up by making good choices. I also loved that it rewarded the students who continually make good choices throughout the day. Whereas with the card chart, the goal was to stay on green, so as long as you weren't "bad" you stayed on green and you were fine. The above clip chart was one that I made myself, and I was soo proud of it!
At the time, I was obsessed with Poppin Patterns by Creative Teaching Press. So I bought a bunch of Poppin Patterns borders and cut and glued them around card stock. Laminated them and strung the cards together with wrapping ribbon. This chart held up for 2 years and was retired this year.
This is the chart I use now. I actually have 2 of these behavior charts, this one is on the boys bathroom door. This one is on the girls bathroom door. Yes, I am blessed to have 2 bathrooms in my room. I chose to use 2 different charts so that my students could easily find their clips and because I just liked the way it looked. This behavior chart is available in my TpT store, here. I love this chevron chart!
All students start on green, "Ready to Learn," each day. Their choices throughout the day decide if they should move their clips up or down. Like everything else in my room, my behavior clips are bright and colorful. I used sparkle cardstock from Hobby Lobby to decorate these clips. I just trimmed down cardstock to fit each clip and then used Mod-Podge to adhere the cardstock to the clip.
I actually did the Mod-Podging this summer while I was watching a movie. I do not put my students names on the outside of the clip. If your class is like mine, you have some nosy parents. I didn't like that anytime someone walked into my room, they could see exactly how everyone was behaving that day. This was really bad at parties.
When I used to use my card chart, I would turn all the cards back to green before the parents came in because I didn't want them to know about other children's behavior. So I put each student's name on the back of the clip and use a sticker on the front to identify each student instead. At the beginning of the year, I make a baggy of stickers for the boys and one for the girls. I make sure that there are only 2 of each sticker.
A student chooses which sticker they want to go on the front of their clip, I put a thin coat of Mod-Podge on top of the sticker so that it doesn't come off. Then I put the coordinating sticker onto my sticker management chart. I use this chart all the time.
It helps me to quickly identify whose clip belongs to who, without having to look on the back of each one. I especially use this chart at the beginning of the year when they can't always seem to remember which sticker is theirs. I have had more than one case of a student moving the wrong clip up or down. So I usually do a quick check on my chart as clip moving is going on so that I can catch any mistakes.
