tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post1585266090351638234..comments2024-03-28T15:57:11.660-04:00Comments on Teaching in Progress: I've Given Up the Color Chart - Now What? Nikki Sabistonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16310276917191243216noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-59570788806362074162017-10-30T15:19:11.948-04:002017-10-30T15:19:11.948-04:00I'm clicking on the pictures and it is just en...I'm clicking on the pictures and it is just enlarging the images. It is not taking me to the individual charts or a file. Help?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473891113876843485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-60013604065051253202016-11-15T19:14:40.681-05:002016-11-15T19:14:40.681-05:00I love this idea! Do you have an individualized be...I love this idea! Do you have an individualized behavior goal for each student in your class? If so, what kind of goals do you create for your students who always do an excellent job? I have quite a few who would really benefit from this, but I am not sure if I should do it for the ones who always do a good job. Thanks!Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303176021019045675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-19452131609637020122016-08-11T15:33:04.385-04:002016-08-11T15:33:04.385-04:00I hope I can answer well and provide some guidance...I hope I can answer well and provide some guidance!<br />1. I taught 1st grade for 16 years and developed this for my first grade students!<br />2. If I have developed a personalized plan for a child, I communicate with parents as often as we agree upon. Might be daily, maybe once a week. I like to only communicate successes. If negative behaviors re significant or out of the norm for the child, I will communicate that as well.<br />3.I teach procedures constantly, use Take A Break, use books and scenarios to teach decision making and self regulation, and do a weekly parent newsletter.<br />4. The child adds to the sheet after I approve it. I keep track of the sheet so I can tell if someone is trying to fudge it! I often use a particular kind of marker or sticker that I keep in my possession and only give it to the child upon a successful attempt.<br /><br />Hope this helps!Nikki Sabistonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16310276917191243216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-45180492801841263802016-08-11T15:28:03.214-04:002016-08-11T15:28:03.214-04:00The goal setting packs each have a whole group com...The goal setting packs each have a whole group component. Right now I am compiling all the whole group sets into one bundle. Hopefully it will be posted in a few weeks. Thanks!!Nikki Sabistonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16310276917191243216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-4211100387704038062016-08-11T15:10:21.770-04:002016-08-11T15:10:21.770-04:00I love your ideas! I'm just wondering if you ...I love your ideas! I'm just wondering if you have a whole class reward system? Or if you have individual reward systems for kids that are not using a goal chart?Karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18160271827010047704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-20928204676016943362016-07-16T10:20:00.108-04:002016-07-16T10:20:00.108-04:00I LOVE this concept! I am a first year teacher and...I LOVE this concept! I am a first year teacher and will be teaching in 1st grade. I know that classroom management is an area that I need much improvement in, and am opposed to the clip chart despite its familiarity and the lack of preparation that it requires. I just have a few questions!<br />1. With teacher assistance, do you feel that goal setting such as this is successful with 1st grade? I have little experience with this age group.<br />2. How do you communicate progress with parents? Are they notified daily?<br />3. I read in a previous comment that you do not start these sheets until about a month into the school year to allow time to build relationships with students and identify appropriate goals. What type of behavior management, progress monitoring and parent communication do you do prior to this?<br />4. Lastly, just so that I understand correctly do the students add to their sheets or do you color in the area? How do you keep students from trying to add to their sheets without your permission?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02525662446675245403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-53252451599714018522016-01-29T08:50:41.502-05:002016-01-29T08:50:41.502-05:00I LOVE this! My son's 2nd grade teacher uses ...I LOVE this! My son's 2nd grade teacher uses a color clip chart, and he is nearly always on yellow, orange or red (all the negative colors). Now he has a daily report chart where he is asked to color his own level in for the day and someone checks it to make sure it is correct (there were some, ahem, discrepancies between his report and what actually happened), and they are supposed to comment on what specifically caused the problem. If there's a substitute, it doesn't get done. If he gets sent to the office near the end of the day, it doesn't get filled out. They are placing the responsibility on him to do it, I guess. Now we are getting the true report when it is completed, but the comments are very general such as "trouble paying attention", "not following directions", so we have no concept of when/during what activity, etc. the behaviors occurred. Then there are the frequent frownie faces on the chart coming home. We strongly suspect that anxiety over this public chart is one reason he has so much trouble keeping it together. He is highly intelligent, at or above grade level in all areas, has high-functioning autism and ADHD, is medicated, and in an integrated mainstream classroom with I believe 17 other kids, yet the behaviors continue. We are at our wit's end. He is very sensitive to criticism and has very few classroom friends other than those kids who are also having behavioral issues. Thank you for understanding that some kids will need individualized, PRIVATE behavior plans and that shame can be a powerful factor in both motivation for some kids and anxiety for others. jmh68https://www.blogger.com/profile/16089209438538253049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-57891482591214538702015-08-25T20:18:44.251-04:002015-08-25T20:18:44.251-04:00I sometimes keep it at my desk, sometimes the kid ...I sometimes keep it at my desk, sometimes the kid keeps it on a small clipboard in his desk, or sometimes, they are kind of proud of their success and they don't want to hide it. I once had a girl ask me to tape it to her desk! With a few kids, I have a little secret signal and when I give the signal, they know they were successful (or they can give me the signal when they feel they were successful) and they know the signal means I will mark the sheet when I get back to my desk.Nikki Sabistonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16310276917191243216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-22300848262455664902015-08-20T01:59:44.146-04:002015-08-20T01:59:44.146-04:00I loved this! I work as a behavior therapist with ...I loved this! I work as a behavior therapist with children with autism, and ignoring the behaviors I don't want to see and greatly encouraging the ones that I do want to see sounds like what you do, I love it! It's so cool to see it applied in a classroom! I do have a question though: how do you keep the reward paper a secret? I'm trying to rack my brain and I feel like if you want to award the student when they're doing it so they can associate the reward with the "good" behavior you'd want to do it quickly...but yeah! How do you keep it a secret?Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10351705975841507611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-70503547591040226192015-07-25T14:22:28.179-04:002015-07-25T14:22:28.179-04:00thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I too threw my...thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I too threw my behavior chart out years ago because I hated how it made kids feel. I love your take a break corner. I had a time out desk, but this is much more positive. And I love your behavior sheets - much cuter than what I used!!! I'm heading to TPT to buy your products for this coming year.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099761253614510027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-29051656177741501152015-06-26T23:54:39.640-04:002015-06-26T23:54:39.640-04:00Awesome blog post!! I threw out my clipchart a yea...Awesome blog post!! I threw out my clipchart a year ago and haven't looked back! We do a super improvers wall that's from whole brain teaching but works on individual goals just like this!! Thanks for sharing!<br />Jillchevronandcentershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017376666169076788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-70996570772331638582015-06-26T14:19:57.587-04:002015-06-26T14:19:57.587-04:00Hooray for no more color charts. Your suggestions ...Hooray for no more color charts. Your suggestions and ideas are terrific. Thank you for sharing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154745197633019106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-81891922802591128152015-06-26T13:47:13.462-04:002015-06-26T13:47:13.462-04:00The dignity aspect is so key. So refreshing to re...The dignity aspect is so key. So refreshing to read this!<br /><br /><a href="http://yearsthataskquestions.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Years That Ask Questions</a> The Designer Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02556742375194549926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-51573610915905180012015-06-26T09:44:35.676-04:002015-06-26T09:44:35.676-04:00As a teacher of students with emotional and behavi...As a teacher of students with emotional and behavior disorders (yes, those kids that can't follow directions, talk out, disrupt, etc.) I applaud your style of handling classroom behaviors! It is refreshing to see those color charts disappearing so that our students aren't being singled out for their behaviors!<br /><br /><i><b><a href="http://teachingspeckids.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Teaching Special Kids</a></b></i>Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05010254620842231965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-9558024058604781672015-06-26T01:36:05.109-04:002015-06-26T01:36:05.109-04:00I usually try to ignore the targeted behavior whil...I usually try to ignore the targeted behavior while we are working on this (unless there is hitting, kicking, etc.) But if the behavior is repeatedly interrupting learning, it has to be addressed. For example, if a kid is talking excessively when we are having a mini lesson on the carpet, I would ask her to leave the carpet. It might be to sit near the carpet so they can still see, or to go their seat for a bit, or maybe to the 'Thinking Chair.' If the behavior is throwing crayons, then I would have that kid help clean the classroom floor. If someone is yelling out instead of waiting to be called on, I will typically ignore the first time or two, then give a verbal reminder to stop, then ask the student to step away from the group for a minute to pull it together. I tell the kids that if they are unable to be a productive member of the group, they will have to leave the group for a few minutes to refocus. If they make a mess, they clean it up. If they damage a relationship, they must try to repair it. If they take something that doesn't belong to them, they return it and work to regain our trust.<br />It doesn't always work, but it helps the kid learn to fix what he breaks instead of just get punished for breaking it. Nikki Sabistonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16310276917191243216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-35422719185343193832015-06-26T01:16:24.422-04:002015-06-26T01:16:24.422-04:00Typically it takes 4-6 weeks to nail down procedur...Typically it takes 4-6 weeks to nail down procedures and expectations with a new class. I would give it that long at least. Although, if you've got a kid who is really just not settling down across settings, I think it would be good to nip that early.<br />So I suppose for minor behavior issues, give it a month, for major issues, get started early on. :)Nikki Sabistonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16310276917191243216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-83100337768370079752015-06-25T23:41:56.568-04:002015-06-25T23:41:56.568-04:00I will be moving to third grade from first last ye...I will be moving to third grade from first last year. I got rid of my behavior chart last year and focused a lot more on logical consequences and character education. I like the idea of goal planning for third grade but wondering how long do you think you should wait to get to know the kids and where they can improve before setting up the goal planning sheet?<br /><br />Thanks, Ashley<br /><a href="http://theweeklysprinkle.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">The Weekly Sprinkle</a><br>The Weekly Sprinklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06116904936653043605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-9026228611814885382015-06-25T23:03:13.296-04:002015-06-25T23:03:13.296-04:00I love this but, question... What are some example...I love this but, question... What are some examples of consequences for negative behavior, as you mentioned? I find this hard to envision if there are no negative marks.. This is what I seem to struggle with. Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07773723247188131201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224687535711669464.post-42846361665097209032015-06-25T23:02:07.016-04:002015-06-25T23:02:07.016-04:00I love this but, question- what are some examples ...I love this but, question- what are some examples of consequences for negative behavior? I find this hard to envision if there are no negative marks... This is what I seem to struggle with. Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07773723247188131201noreply@blogger.com