The reason this all makes sense is because as we were learning about behavioral grade points, I began to think of what a fun way to encourage students to behave well could be...
The fun part (I think) about being an elementary school teacher, is that it requires extra creativity!
And then it dawned on me, most children love technology now days, there must be a way to use it in having them act nicely.
Something that I quickly remembered, was when I was doing my field work this past spring. The school with which I was working with used a cool app where each of the second graders got to make their very own monster/fantasy creature. They decided what it looked like, what it liked and disliked, and its name.
Once each student had their own creature, the behavioral system was set into place. When the student did something where they were able to gain positive behavioral points, the monster got more points also. The aim was to "gain" as many points for their monster each week so that by the end of the week they could purchase or add something new to their creature.
The students I was working with all LOVED this system, and it worked pretty well.
Obviously this wasn't their own sort of thing to keep them in check but it definitely was a cool different way.
When I have my own class one day, I would love to find a fun, more active way of incorporating "behavioral grades" like this one.
