Behavior- Using CHAMPS

I thought you might find it helpful to explain a little more on how I'm keeping track of my student's behavior.  I showed you some posters on my previous post "Classroom Tour" explaining the color system.  I mentioned that I use CHAMPS and a clip board with my student's names on it.  Here's the page I use.  It lasts me a week.  I carry this around everywhere.  The kids can come check how they're doing whenever they like and I almost always tell them when I'm writing down a tally and why.  Tallies can be "erased" (Never erase, just cross it out.  It's good data to keep) I'm fairly certain my dear sweet colleague Meagan made this in Excel.  I posted a copy from one of my former years.  I keep these all year long.  You'd be surprised how many times I need to reference the.  Parent conferences, behavior specialists, giving out special awards, all kinds of stuff. 


http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/CHAMPS-tally-sheet

Speaking of special awards.  Last year we, as a grade level, went through our Tallies pages and found the student who had the least amount of tallies for the six weeks.  We named this kiddo the CHAMP of the ____ Six Weeks.  They got their picture taken with the principal, a special certificate, a cool sticker, and some 15 tickets.  It was a BIG deal.  I turned the picture into a magnet by mounting it on a die cut of a school house.  We hung the magnets on the door frame outside our rooms.  At the end of the year all CHAMPS from every six weeks in all 4 1st grade classrooms got to have a special CHAMPS lunch with the principal and assistant principal.  We decorated an unused classroom for them and even played "We Are the Champions" when they walked in!  They LOVED IT!