Work Habits pre and post test

It seems like forever ago I was posting about my work habits, organization, and responsibility lesson.
Today I finally found time to update my pre and post tests. Check them out:

Pre Test

Post Test

Lessons for November- friends, safety, empathy, decision making, thankfulness, and bullying!

It's almost time for Thanksgiving break!!!!! Until then, here is a little about the fun we are having in class..

K-
We are talking about being a good friend.

Intro: We started out by reading "Let's Be Friends" on BookFlix.

Next, we watched "Rainbow Fish" on Storyline Online to talk about how good friends put others first and share. 

The class shared examples of good friendship skills that I wrote on starfish and fish.  To end each student decorated his/her own rainbow fish that we put on our bulletin board: "We are all friends in our school" (get it school haha!) 

Need more: Check out the word match on Book Flix:

1st Grade: Our character education word of the month is citizenship. We are reading "Michael, Recycle!" This is such a cute rhyming book and it has a lot of big vocabulary words for 1st grade, like crusader! 

In the past I have used this amazing Rhyme, Define, Rhyme pack by Speech Snacks I found on TPT.

I really like it, but I think its too hard for 1st grade. I would definitely use it for 2nd or 3rd. If your students are up for the challenge there are rhyming cards in the TPT pack- you could hand them out to each child and them find the partner whose card rhymes with theirs. There are also some great discussion cards you could play Quiz Quiz Trade with. 

First, we read and slowly discuss the book. I let the students turn and talk and share their ideas and answer questions. Then at the end the students draw what they would do at school if we had a "Be Greener Campaign." 

Insomnia got the better of me, but it's great for you!

Last night I found myself wide awake at 3am. My mind running in circles of lists of things I needed to do.  So at 3am I made an activity sheet to go with "What If Everybody Did That".

So I hope you get some use from my lack of sleep =)
Get the activities here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_6T4rR2pFj5MEVnUjNCQWE1cE0/view?usp=sharing

"What If Everybody.."

I love this story for so many reasons:

1) The illustrations really engage the students.
2) You can introduce so many topics with it:
           - Character Education Traits like responsibility, respect, and citizenship.
           - The importance of classroom, school, and community rules/laws.
           - Rules and consequences
           - Cause and effect
3) It works for a variety of ages. It's always hard to find a book that appeals the masses, but I've used this book for grades 2-5th and they all love it.


In fact I love it so much I made some discussion cards for students. You can use the cards to help facilitate discussion as you read or as a game (Quiz Quiz Trade) at the end of the story. You could also use the cards as writing prompts!  Get them at my TPT store.

These discussion cards are a companion for the book "What If Everybody Did That" by Ellen Javernick. You can use the cards as you read the story or as a discussion/review game at the end. This 20 page packet includes: 80 question cards, directions to play Quiz Quiz Trade, and connections to Common Core and ASCA Mindsets. Some of the cards ask similar questions, but they are differentiated for your grade and reading level of your students. There is also a blank card for you to create your own question.

More behavior charts, contracts, and reward systems than you will ever know what to do with!

I just started working with Nashville Pittie, an amazing organization I am so proud to become a part of. They really put my technology skills to work when they asked me to update several of their forms. As I started working on the forms I realized that there where lots of contacts/agreements for adults to sign, but nothing for the kids! As a counselor I have a stash of behavior contracts and reward charts in my office and have found them very useful in behavior management, so I decided to find a pet care contract that we could use for families that are wanting to adopt or foster a pet.

This led me to www.kidpointz.com where I found this colorful Pet Care Contract.

Sign up for free at Kid Pointz and you can download and print behavior charts, daily routine charts, goal charts, homework charts, reward charts, reading charts, behavior contracts, behavior bucks, certificates and soooo much more.

Here are a few of my favorites:

Weekly Behavior Charts - It goes perfect with my brand.

 

Weekly Schedule- A great way for students to practice organization skills.

 

Homework Chart - Perfect for my study skills small groups.

 

Make New Friends - A perfect chart for my students as they develop social skills.

 Chart To Get Ready For School- also in my theme. I hope this will help with some of my families that have tardy issues because of the "morning get ready battle."

 Reward Certificate- I like this one for when I do my Personal Space Camp.

 

I hope you enjoy this site as much as I did and please consider adopting or becoming a foster family