This is the new behavior clip chart that I've hung in our room.

     Each student has a clothespin with their name on it.  They start out at Diving In and can move up or down based on their behavior.  I need to add colored circles to each level to show the kids what color they will color on their calendars each day.  So far I really like these calendar behavior idea.  The kids are able to see each day how they did and they haven't forgotten what their behavior was yet, so we can have a discussion about smarter choices that we can make.  

     We're still practicing our Whole Brain Teaching rules first thing in the morning, before lunch and after lunch.  Below is the list of reasons why we need rules that kids came up with.  Yesterday, (Tuesday) we read the book No, David! (hence, the reason for the first answer in the list) and then we had a class discussion about the necessity of rules.  

     We pulled out blocks and animal counters today so that we could use our ten frame workmats to show numbers through the teens.  The kids were really excited about having hands-on time with manipulatives.  We're still working on not playing with the blocks when we should be listening, but the kids did very well with this for their first time in first grade!

     We had another discussion this afternoon about what classroom behavior should look like.  We read The Monster Comes to School and then we came up with the list below as a class.  The kids did a great job! We also were able to do some of our me bag presentations this afternoon as well.