Originally posted-April 9, 2013
SIW Update:
So, again, I admit I am struggling with the Super Improver Wall. I did work on adding specific goals (one academic and one behavior) for each student. Today, I am blaming not being consistent with the fact that I only have 50 minutes per day with these students. It is hard to focus on individuals (that's terrible to say) when I have so much to teach and complete. I am going to try to do better, and I will not give up! The wall does work! Even as I write this post, a student asked if she could help me move several students cards to the next level because they had earned enough stars. She is helping me, and I gave her a star for "keeping me on track with the wall."
On a positive note, my own son, a 7 year old, whispered in my ear and said this to me at home several nights ago, "Mom, can you start me a wall like the one you have at school?" I have printed the cards and have it ready to go. He as already earned 3 stars. WAY TO GO, EAN!
WBT Certification:
I have set up a blog through blogger.com for my classroom. It's gonna be 'a little bit of this, and a little bit of that,' but I want one focus to be my WBT journey. My plan is to copy and paste a great deal of my online posts from this workshop because we have definitely been learning, and it has all be a journey. If you have not thought about earning WBT Certification or had no clue this even existed, I encourage you to visit their website at wholebrainteaching.com to find out more. I am so excited to about earning WBT Certification.
Do you have a picture of your SIW? I teach 4 classes of 30-32 students and have very little idea of how to implement the wall in my language arts/ reading classroom. I did last year use popsicle sticks for motivation. Students were given a stick with their name on it. I would randomly mark a line on the stick for whatever positive reason. I used a different color sharpie a day so I could keep up with my marks. Those who earned 10 marks won 10 minutes computer game time (funbrain, etc.). Two problems: my inconsistency and the storing of the sticks. Some students lost theirs others were broken. I thought it was easier than creating a SIW with so many students. Just wondeing what you thought. This year I plan to use the sticks again and be more consistent. Also, I am saving my small peanut butter jars to store each class' sticks in. Oh! Called them "Power Sticks" sort of like the extra power a gamer recieves when he scores high or gets to a special level. Might even require the student to record reason he received the power point since we will be implementing RTI behavior this year!
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