YAY! I am sooo happy to report that today was a banner day for K-4! We did not have the first clothespin moved on our behavior chart!! So EVERYONE stayed on green and had their choice of a smiley stamp or some "smelly" lotion at the end of the day.
Just to review for you, we ALL begin every day on GREEN (We are respectful, responsible and ready to learn). If there is a lack of the above green behavior, a clothespin is moved down to ORANGE (Uh oh - make better choices). If better choices are exhibited, then the clothespin may be moved back up to orange OR can be moved up to PURPLE ('Owl'-standing behavior). If things don't improve or if there is a behavior that is not tolerated (ie, biting, hitting, spitting, etc.) then the clothespin moves down to RED (note sent home).
At the end of our day, we review are chart. If you are on green, you have your choice of a smiley face stamp on your hand or "smelly" hand lotion (Bath & Body Works lotion). If you made it to purple for the day, you get BOTH - a stamp and "smelly" lotion. Unfortunately, orange gets nothing but a gentle reminder to make better choices tomorrow - as it will be a new day!!
I hope this helps better understand our system and why you've been being asked to "smell my hands!!" They absolutely LOVE it! And I am so proud of them!
I am loving getting to know each one of them better and am looking forward to what all we are going to learn about each other in the next couple of weeks of "All About Me"! Thank you for sharing them with me!
Their little personalities are really beginning to shine!
