Racing Towards Good Behavior




Welcome to the Indiana Bloggers Blog Hop!  I hope you have been able to make it to all of the great blogs.  I would love to thank Hilary Gard at Second Grade is out of this World for linking up with me!  If you have not been to her blog yet check her out!


                                           



Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for stopping here!  I have this adorable freebie for you in my TpT store Teaching Ever After!  



I have been doing this whole classroom management plan for years in my classroom.  This year I decided to tweak it a little to work with my theme.  Now I can't stop making them!  This one says "We Are Racing Towards The Good Behavior Finish Line".  Every time you catch your whole class being good or they receive a compliment you move the race car driver.  Sometimes if they are REALLY good you can move the race car driver a few letters.  This gets the kiddos really ramped up and they try even harder!  When the class gets to the checkered flag you pull from the reward cards.  I was thinking it would be really cute if you could find one of those large cup trophies to put the reward cards in.




This year my class got to the end.  I picked "Show and Tell".  I thought they would be so disappointed, but since they aren't allowed to bring toys to school they couldn't have been more thrilled.  I had each child bring their object in a bag and they needed to have 3 clues about it.  Some of the clues were fantastically written.  I had one little girl bring in a garbage bag with one of the BIGGEST stuffed elephants I had ever seen!  I wanted to keep him.  The other kids brought in trophies, pictures, favorite stuffed animals, or something that represented their favorite things.  It really was fun!







When they reach the end you start all over.  It is the end of the year and my students are STILL working so hard to get to the end again.  I don't have the heart to tell them that it probably isn't going to happen with only 7 days left, and why would I do such a ridiculous thing!





Thanks for pit stopping here!  Grab my button before you go.  I hope you enjoy the freebie! 

~Stacey




13 comments

  1. They also love no shoes in the classroom...whatever you can do for free is always the best :) Thanks for the ideas! I'm a new follower!
    Elizabeth
    Kickin’ it in Kindergarten

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  2. I just found your blog through Mel D's! I'm a new follower! Thank you for the ideas!

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  3. LOVE this idea! Thanks so much for sharing!! Glad you're one of the pit stops on our blog hop!

    Brenda
    Primary Inspired

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  4. No shoes is a GREAT idea! They always give me a hard time when I walk around barefoot because of blisters. I will definitely include that the next time. I love free!

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  5. Thanks for stopping Angie! Mel D has been so great with all of her help and ideas to get me started. I am so excited to work with her next year!

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  6. Thanks Brenda! I am so excited to be included with such a great group of bloggers!

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  7. I love the idea of making it a race to get to the end of the year. I wish I would have thought of that this year... but I only have 2 days left. Oh well. I'm tucking this away for next year. Making my way around the blog hop from my blog. How cool is it that we could get EIGHTEEN Indiana bloggers?! You have a new follower! :)

    Miss Wilson
    Twenty Something Teacher Tales

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    1. Thanks! I am proud to be part of such a great group! Let me know how it goes next year.

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  8. This looks like a great activity. I am following you on TpT. I couldn't find a follow option for Google+ or by email, etc. for following your blog. Do you have something that links you up? I would love to follow you here as well.

    Charlene/Diamond Mom
    www.diamondmomstreasury.weebly.com/blog.html

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    1. Hmmm. I thought there was something to follow me. I will double check! Thanks for following me on TpT!!!

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    2. There is a follow by email link on the right hand side. Let me know if it doesn't work please. Thanks in advance!

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  9. Hi Stacey!! I'm a new follower and fellow IN blogger! I had no idea who all the IN bloggers were and am soooo excited to find all of you!! Feel free to hop over to my blog sometime! I'm pretty new at the blogging world so still getting acquainted! I'm actually from Schererville but live in Indy now. :)

    Nicole :)
    All Things Apple in 2nd

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  10. I am fairly new to the blogging world too. What a small world huh?! I lived in Schererville for a couple of years too. I am heading over to your blog now. Thanks for following!

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