Love It and List It: Behavior Management

It’s that time again! Time to join the party over at Speech Room News. This month’s topic is Behavior Management-such an important aspect of our jobs! If behaviors can’t be managed, then our kids can’t focus on learning.

For my elementary students, my behavior clip chart is my go-to. I’ve been using it for two years now and my kiddos love it. Best of all, it’s implemented district wide, so it’s nothing new for my students when they walk into my speech room-they have the routine down, which makes my job easier. Don’t worry though, even if you’re the only one using it, the clip chart is a super easy system to implement and perhaps even some of the teachers you work with will love it!

So…what is a behavior clip chart? A clip chart is a vertically (or sometimes circular) chart. Each student has a clothespin with their name on it. As my students walk in, they grab their clip and place it on Green-“Ready to Learn.” If a student is doing something fabulous, they get to move their clip up, if they are demonstrating negative behavior, they get to move their clip down, which makes Mrs. Allison sad =(. I’ve found it to be a simple, yet powerful visual in my room.

If you go on TeachersPayTeachers and search for “clip chart” you will find 100s of products. The Speech Bubble also made a super cute one HERE. Here’s an example of a circular chart that some of my teachers use (Mrs. Wheeler’s First Grade):

The only thing I don’t like about the circular wheel is that my students who are doing extra work don’t get to move their clip. They simply stay on Green, which isn’t very motivating, or wouldn’t be to me, at least!

So…I finally made one to suit my needs. Here’s what I did:

1. Download the free clip chart HERE. You know how I love my folks who leave feedback! 🙂

2. Laminate it and (*optional) buy a foam board for more stability. My good friend, Christina from Sugar and Spice gave me this idea when she made her super cute clip chart.

3. Cut it out and paste it to the foam board

4. Hang it in your room with a cute ribbon!

Here are all my beautiful clips just waiting for their owners to place them on green!

Because I have horrible handwriting (awful!), I typed my kiddos names out on those clear labels with a corresponding color next to their name. Then I attached them to a clothes pin. This actually saved me time in the long run and they are legible :-).

Then, I attached a little color chart next to their pins to help them find their name. One of my rules is that the colors should stay next to each other. A good way to work on sorting and it makes finding their pin a snap!

Here is my system!

I hope you find it helpful! You can download this item for free HERE and don’t forget to check out the other behavior management systems over at Speech Room News!

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Comments

School SLP (Kim Jarvis) says
April 25, 2014 at 8:08 pm

LOVE the clip chart idea~ I will have to check that one out 🙂

Jenna says
April 25, 2014 at 8:56 pm

Happy Happy Happy that you linked up! You’re the best! I have no idea how you have time to post with little miss!

Jenna

Jamie says
August 8, 2014 at 8:18 pm

love your clip chart! I made one today on foam board but am unsure of how you attached the ribbon to the board. Did you cut holes in the foam board? Foam board and “super speechie” part? And if so, with what? Thank you!

- adminASP says
  August 12, 2014 at 12:01 am
  
  I’m so glad you like it! Yes, I just used some scissors and poked a few holes in it. Looking forward to seeing yours!