Imagine a classroom where disruptive behavior is replaced with self-reflection, accountability, and a positive learning environment. Sounds like a dream, right? Well, it’s not as far-fetched as you might think. Let’s explore the transformative power of behavior reflection think sheets and how they can be the secret weapon for effective classroom management. Whether you’re a ... Read More about Why Behavior Reflection Sheets are the Secret Weapon for Effective Classroom Management
Teaching behavior expectations in kindergarten is important, especially in the first few weeks of school. This often sets the stage for your class for the entire year. For students to fully understand what is expected of them, it is important that teachers address and teach these expectation. I usually spend a lot of time during the first weeks of school teaching student expectations and classroom behaviors. We complete sorts of good choices and bad choices in the classroom and discuss what makes them good and bad choices. We complete these sorts whole group and students also complete individual behavior reflection sheets. These work great during the first few weeks of school or when students may need a review. These include different levels of difficulty beginning with students simply deciding if an actions is a good or bad choice, to a student sort of good and bad choices (this is a freebie at the end of the blog post) to finally illustrating or writing good or bad choices. Also we color an emergent reader reviewing some of the classroom expectations. These can also just be used as little coloring pages when a classroom expectation is introduced. In your classroom, you may want to challenge your students to focus on a certain expectation for a week. Included are posters that would work great for this: These provide a visual and focus for students when expectations are being taught. You can make it a game and provide an incentive if students can meet this expectation a certain amount of times in a week. Once these expectations are taught it is important to keep students accountable to their actions. I have been using a visual think sheet in my classroom that is perfect for this. It is very appropriate for your early learners in pre-k or kindergarten or special ed because it includes pictures for students to show what they did. Students simply color in the choice they made and a better choice they can make. These are great reflections for students, communication for parents and documentation if necessary. You may also want to post these cool down methods where students can reflect on strategies to cool down, instead of getting upset. You can find this entire Behavior Think Sheets and Activities in my TPT store and the Free Good and Bad Choices Student Sort here:
This behavior reflection sheet is a simple and easy way to help your students' reflect on their behavior and process their emotions. Great tool for working on those BIG emotions! ...
Lets start my post with the happy, positive stuff... It's Wednesday which means it's time for a Teacher Dollar Days link up with A Teacher Without A Class. The first exciting bit of news with this is that one of my TpT products is featured in the post this week over on A Teacher Without A Class. It's my Welcome Banner and seeing it as part of her post makes me all sorts of giddy and excited. This week my find that I picked up cost me $1.99 each and I got them from Carson Dellosa. They are these cute little "A Little Birdie Told Me" note pads (well, they call them certificates, but I'm using them as special notepads). There are 24 sheets per note pad, so I decided to splurge and order 10 of them (only so I don't have to reorder them too quickly since I plan on using them every week). My classroom theme this year is going to be the Boho Birds collection that Carson Dellosa makes, and when I saw these little notes from the collection I was super happy because I knew I could use them. My plan with these ties into my Tweet Box that I'll have in my classroom. Here's a pic of it and if you'd like, you can read about it in my blog post here. My kids will be using the Tweet Box to leave positive notes/compliments to each other every week as a part of my character education portion of my curriculum, so I thought I would use the "A Little Birdie Told Me..." notes in a similar way and use them as a way for me to send home positive notes to the parents of my student's about something their child did well during the week. I'm all about the positive in my classroom, and in the past when I've done positive notes homes the kids loved it (even the one kid I had who refused to cooperate 9 out of 10 times a day), and the parents appreciated getting good feedback from the teacher about their children. Now for my second Dollar Day Item...it's another item in my store that is only $1.00, and it ties into the whole Tweet Box/Positive Note thing...just on the opposite end of the spectrum. As positive as I like to keep my classroom, I am also a realist about the fact that sometimes we do get those kiddos who like to test boundaries and push buttons. In my classroom, I put a lot of emphasis on helping my students become responsible for themselves and their actions/choices. This includes teaching/reminding them that they control the choices they make, and that those choices can have consequences. That's where my Behavior Reflection Sheet comes into play. It's part of my Behavior Management System that I use (I plan on doing a whole blog post on this in the near future). Basically, This sheet is the third step in my System. Once the kids get to this step, I send them to a quiet area of the classroom to take a break and fill out one of these sheets. It gets them thinking about the choices they make and what they can do to make better choices. It also requires them to list what they think a fair consequence would be if they keep acting up. The other perk to this sheet... I make them have their parents sign it and return it to school (I usually photocopy the filled out sheet before sending it home since we all know that kids sometimes "forget" or "lose" things they were supposed to give to their parents). That helps me on my end because then parents can't say they weren't aware of what was going on in the classroom, and I can hold on to the sheet in my Student Info binder as documentation if things ever progress to a point where the child needs a referral. So those are my items for this week's Teacher Dollar Days. I hope you guys like them, and don't forget to head on over to A Teacher Without A Class and check out the other posts too. Now for the bit of not so happy news. I got my Erin Condren Lesson Plan book today. I was all sorts of happy and excited when I saw it on my doorstep this morning (seriously...I was really excited to the point that I was waiting for little elves to appear singing a cheery tune while throwing glitter and confetti everywhere as I opened the box). So I brought my package inside...opened up the box and the pretty paper the book was wrapped in...and that's when I saw it... My book...my beautiful, absolutely adorable book was basically useless. There is a HUGE dent in the coiling that binds the book together. I can't even open it all the way without having to fight with it to turn pages without tearing them. BIG dent!! All misshapen to the point the planner doesn't open all the way. So I called the Erin Condren people. The lady was very nice (and apologetic) and asked me to send them pictures of the damage so they can see what they can do to fix the issue...they didn't even ask me to return the planner I have yet. Now it's a waiting game to hear back from them about what, if anything they can do to make my pretty pretty planner a pretty AND functional one. I'll keep you all updated as I hear back from them.
Special Education Behavior Reflection Think Sheet: Do you struggle with helping students process their behaviors and learn to make better choices? Are your time-outs ineffective? Are your students repeating the same negative behaviors? Having strategies for effective behavior reflection is critical to creating a positive learning environment (and staying sane). This Think Sheet a great tool for special education and general education students who need to reflect on their behavior and learn to make better choices. The Think Sheet helps students learn from their behavior and teaches replacement behaviors. Two versions of the Think Sheet are included: One for intermediate students and one for primary students or non-readers. A template for an apology letter and suggestions for use are included as well. Teachers or counselors can complete with younger students. Great for data collection of special education IEP goals as well! This file also includes several additional pages of Astute Hoot FREE Samples for behavior and academic intervention!! This comprehensive sample file contains a glimpse into the magical world of Astute Hoot, guaranteed to spark enthusiasm in your classroom. Looking for even more? Download our "Ultimate Special Education Survival Kit." If you are interested in comprehensive, highly motivating, intervention resources, check out our Reading Intervention Essentials Bundle {K-3) and Math Problem Solving Essentials Bundle {K-3} Thank you! www.astutehoot.com
This Feelings Chart will enhance your students' socioemotional awareness and help them articulate their emotions. Students can identify with the colors and facial expressions of the watercolor characters, and expand their vocabulary while communicating clearly! This chart is perfect for helping stud...
GENERAL ITEM DESCRIPTION: Promote self-reflection and personal growth with this Printable Behavior Reflection Sheet. Help your child or student understand the impact of their actions by providing a structured space to reflect on the rules they broke, their emotions, and ways to make positive changes for the future. By encouraging introspection, this sheet supports character development and encourages responsible behavior. WHAT’S INCLUDED: • 1 x PDF file (Add a name and print) SIZE: • A4 DELIVERY: • Your file(s) will be available for download immediately after your payment has been cleared by Etsy. • You can download your file(s) here: http://www.etsy.com/your/purchases • Etsy will also send you an email with a link for access to your file(s). HOW IT WORKS: • Download your sheet • Download Acrobat Reader: https://get.adobe.com/reader/ • Edit your sheet by adding a name • Print your sheet • Use it whenever you want your child to reflect on their behavior USAGE AND LICENSE: • Personal use is allowed for all items • Commercial use is only allowed if you purchase a license here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1057064576/differse-standard-commercial-license • You may NOT resell or share our designs, or use/edit them to create your own digital files (e.g. sets or clipart) intended for commercial use under any license. IMPORTANT NOTES: • This listing is for a digital file. You can print our design at home, at your local print shop or using an online service. No physical item(s) will be shipped. • Digital files cannot be returned or exchanged. There are no refunds. • Сolors may vary on different computers and printers. Thank you for shopping with us! If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please reach out to us. Team Differse
These Restorative Practices or Restorative Justice behavior reflection sheets that help students process negative choices in a non-threatening and child-friendly way that emphasizes repairing harm and moving forward. They’re a simple but powerful behavior management tool that can be incorporated into classroom management plans or student support/student success plans. ⭐It is particularly powerful when someone else […]
Item description Are your students struggling with their emotions and having difficulty choosing coping strategies to regulate their bodies? Are they off-task, disruptive, distracted, or impulsive? Do you need ideas to help manage these behaviors? All Behaviors have a reason and students will do well when they can. Help your students improve their social-emotional intelligence with unexpected and expected behavior activities. Help them recognize their emotions and teach different strategies for management. Co-regulate and find ways to calm down, focus on learning, provide a stress break, and lower anxiety. Not only will work on social-emotional learning (SEL) help with classroom management, but students will also build skills they can use throughout their lives. Help them learn what behaviors are expected in different situations. This is a behavior-sorting social-emotional learning activity. Use to sort the behavior children should be exhibiting and those that are discouraged. Use for sorting and topic discussions. Journal thinking page included. Two styles, one where students can discuss the feelings and reasons for the actions on the pictures and one for them to reflect on their own behaviors. What would have been the better choice? What can you do differently next time? What behavior was unexpected? What behavior was expected? Great for student support room reflection, occupational therapy, speech therapy or classroom management. This set was designed for older students. Check out the images in this set if you work with younger students. Social Emotional Learning Behavior Sort and Reflection Sheets Included: *Sorting Mats *pictures for behaviors to display and their opposite *misbehavior pictures *behavior to display pictures *Reflection sheet to discuss what is happening in the pictures *Reflection sheet to discuss an unexpected or negative behavior that the student exhibited. Pictures are included in two sizes, a size for sorting and a size for small cards with the behavior written on them. They are included in both BW and color images. Prep: Cut up and laminate behavior cards for multiple use. Other Ideas: *Can also be used for opposite matching. *Make two copies and laminate cards to use as a go fish or memory game. As students make matches they can identify if the behavior is expected or unexpected.
The beginning of the second half of school (January to May/June) is a wonderful time of year to review and revamp your classroom rules and procedures. All teachers struggle with behavior management…
Reflecting on behavioral incidents is a research proven way to make tangible change and prevent challenging behaviors from becoming cyclical. These differentiated and varied think sheets provide structure to often difficult conversations to create meaningful change and restorative results!This produ...
How to Use this ResourceSelf-Assessment is one of the core strategies of any successful formative assessment practice in the classroom. This rubric is aimed at activating learners as owners of their own learning. I used this rubric to empower students with a leading role in their own education. By e...
This is intended to use with your already existing classroom management system. Choose which step of your own system you'd like to assign this behavior reflection. The writing assignment can be used as an in class consequence or as a homework assignment. The more immediate the better. Conference...
