Throwback Thursday ~ Stickerboard Style

Throwing it back to you, while we’re throwing back as much summer as we can. The countdown is on people! We must squeeze every morsel of sunshine in before the school bell tolls.

But, we’ve had a few midsummer nightmares about our new batch of firsties in recent weeks…Which can really only mean one thing. We are further from the end of school and closer to the beginning. Ouch. That hurts to even type…

We are dreaming of things like wild lines where nobody stands straight…And, shouting out in class over and over…and over again.

And, it worries us.

We need control.

Management.

The upper hand, if you will…

So, we thought this throwback would help us stay in peaceful summer slumber.

Maybe it will help you too, because it really does work like a charm in our class all year long.

And, it may even throw you back to your own sticker collection as a kid. You know…The puffies, smellies, and googly eyes? We all had them. Loved them. Some of us still do…

Here’s an oldie, but goodie from not so long ago…Enjoy!

Originally Posted September 21, 2012

Stick to Good Behavior

Even after 15 years
of teaching first grade, we are constantly rethinking our behavior
management system. What may have worked last year, doesn’t quite pack
the same punch this year. But suddenly, that circa 1999 teaching trick
we thought we retired along with our potato sack dresses works like a
charm! Kids are funny that way…unpredictable.

But, we have found one thing has stayed pretty predictable over the years ~

Kids LOVE stickers!

and

Kids LOVE to collect stickers!

We start each school
year by giving our students their own Sticker Board. We print them on
construction paper or card stock for durability. They keep them in their
desks, and whenever we’re working in our seats, they know to take these
puppies out. They place them on the corner of their desk because
someone (that’s us!) is always watching. We catch them left and right
and have loads of stickers for the taking!

With
Common Core in full force, we added 10 Frames to our Sticker Boards
this year. Wow…you should hear the math flying each time they get a
sticker. Music to our ears!

“I just got my 6th one! That means I only need 4 more!”

A+

“I just filled up 10 plus 5 more. That’s 15!”

A+ +

We’re really glad we added the 10 Frames! Who knew?

Dare we say, thank you Common Core?!?

Older students may not need the 10 Frames so much, so we made this blank option as well.

The
10 Frames Sticker Board is set up to collect 20 stickers. The blank
board can be set at any goal you choose. In past years, we’ve increased
the goal to higher numbers as the year goes on.

Once
our Friends collect their 20 (or however many) stickers, they are
responsible for writing numbers next to each of their stickers, then
turning it in for a trip to our class Trash Treasure
Chest. We use the term “treasure” lightly, but to them it is super
treasury. Mostly made up of donated fast food toys, cleaned out junk
drawer goodies from former students, Mom deliveries of “please take it, I
can’t take the mess anymore!” and really anything *free* we can throw
in there that they would like. They dig for the perfect prize!

It definitely gives new meaning to

“One person’s trash, is another person’s treasure.”

Stickers
are given out by the teacher, parent volunteers, or we keep a “Sticker
Station” in our class where we invite kiddos to pick their own when they
earn it.