You Oughta Know About Behavior Management

Happy Saturday everyone!  I am so excited to link up with Jasmine from Buzzing with Mrs. McClain for the You Oughta Know Blog Hop!!! This is where several fabulous bloggers have come to share their ideas on what we feel teachers should know about.

My post will cover some of my favorite behavior management tips.

Have you Filled a Bucket Today? is a great book to introduce How to be a Bucket Filler? in your classroom.  I especially love this book, because it has a positive behavior message that children can see through illustrations how everyone has an invisible bucket that has the potential of being filled, or can be emptied.  This is my first year implementing Bucket Fillers in my classroom and it really has helped my students use kind and encouraging words towards each other.  They are learning that when you fill someone's bucket your bucket is being filled too. And when we are negative, we are dipping not only their bucket, but also emptying ours.  In my classroom I have notes that a student fills out when someone fills their bucket.  Then sometime during the day, when I notice one has been turned in, I call the two students and we share the bucket filler.  Each student gets to put a pom pom in their bucket to show when you fill someones bucket, your bucket gets filled too!!!

Tattling Toby 

At the beginning of the year we learn the difference between tattling and reporting.  Now my students tattle to "Tattling Toby" by writing their thoughts on coupons.  They place the coupons in the basket and I "read" their coupons after they leave.  I have a good laugh most of the time and I don't have to hear any tattles during the day.  I was amazed after my first year trying "Tattling Toby."  Honestly I hardly hear any Tattles anymore.   You can check out this FREEBIE in my TPT store by clicking the picture or here.

Positive talk!!!! I have a mirror in my classroom for my students to say something positive about themselves when they come into class.  Then, throughout the day if a student starts to say anything negative about themselves they go to the positive mirror where they speak positive words while looking in the mirror.  It's really encouraged my students to start thinking and saying positive words about themselves. 

Have you tried Social Stories in your classroom? I absolutely LOVE Sasha's social stories, because they are short and to the point.  They have helped so many of my students with behaviors, communication, personal space, emergency, etc.  She has so many themes to choose from.  You can check out her social stories by clicking the picture or here.

Having a Cool Down Spot somewhere in your classroom where your students can take a break when needed.  I have a tent that serves as the cool down spot and read with a buddy during our Daily 5 time.  Another alternative for a cool down spot would be a your work on writing area if a student likes to draw/color when needing to take a break.

Having individual visuals to help students that struggle learning the routine at the beginning of the year.  Here is an example of a visual morning routine that I made for a coworker that is placed on one of her students' desk.  

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