Five for Friday...on Saturday!

Alright, so I'm a day late (TWO days late if you count that I'm in Australia) but I want to join in with Doodle Bugs' Five for Friday because I have a few things to share with everyone.

1. I only have 2 weeks left until Easter break. I am VERY much looking forward to this break. I wanted to squeeze in a few Easter activities before we go on break. To kick things off I created this cute activity last night:

 I can't wait to do it with my class! They will look so cute hanging in our room.

2. My fluffy Buddy boy has grown up! He is taking walks now (sort of) and loving playing with the 'big kids' at the dog park. Look how much he's grown!!!

He got diggin' in the backyard.

 3. I have started my Masters in Education. I'm doing Studies in Literacy and my first subject is Functional Grammar. The technical language is overwhelming! Has anyone else done any study in Functional Grammar? Any advice?

4. I've been busy creating some other products. Here they are:

 

5. I've put my St. Patrick's Day items on sale for the next day. Click on the images below to check them out!

 

I hope to have something more interesting to share with you all next Friday!!

Visual Reward System

To help encourage students to complete more desk tasks, I pulled out this old reward chart that I made a few years ago in my first year of teaching.

How it works:

It's sort of set out like a game board. Each star has a number on it. I cut some velcro spots in half and stuck the rough side to the stars.


I printed smiley faces onto coloured paper, laminated them and stuck the soft velcro half on the back.

I placed a velcro spot in the centre so that goals can be changed. For this student, I took a picture of them working at their desk and stuck it in the centre as their current goal. I love using photographs as visuals for young students. Our class promise/rules are photographs of them doing that rule blown up. I stuck them up on the wall so they see every day what they should be doing.

Each time the student completes a desk task, they get to place a velcro smiley face on a star. We then count how many they have left until their goal.

For their goal, I give a choice between two rewards.