In our classrooms, we each use a “Behavior Bucket” as our classroom management/discipline tool.   I got this idea when I was student teaching from another teacher, and we made it our own.   We bought a bucket, decorated it with polka dots and ribbon (because you know it has to be cute!), and added clothespins for each student.   We also painted our name on the bucket: “Mrs. Gannon’s Class.”    We all three have matching buckets, so we did this to tell them apart.     This is my bucket from last year.   It looks pretty ROUGH, since it is the end of the year.   It has been through A LOT!!! Each student has a clothespin.   When a student displays inappropriate behavior, he/she has to drop their clothespin into the bucket and clip it to the appropriate card.   We have a “stop and think”, “5 minutes,” “10 minutes,” “15 minutes,” and “lose a choice card” in the bucket.   Holly bought paw prints at our local teacher supply store and wrote the labels on each paw print (our masc...

Oh my goodness!!! It's really happening!! We talked and brainstormed and now here we are!!! I love it!!! I can't wait to blog about all of our ideas and great tricks we use to make those "lemony" standards into sweet success!!!!...