I Got This! Token Behavior Contract Giveaway!

I bought some peppermint mocha creamer and I just couldn't wait till morning, so I am enjoying a cup of decaf with my holiday creamer.  I LOVE this time of year!  The weather is cooler (sometimes - I'm in Texas so it changes daily).  I really need to get my girls to the pumpkin patch.  My sister brings her kids too and we do it ever year, but we better get there soon before the time gets away.  I have been under the weather recently and had all sorts of tests that my doctor wanted to do since I could not beat my chronic fatigue.  I am feeling like a new woman since starting some of things she suggested.  For example, I started taking a multivitamin and a B complex.  I need to take something for my memory because since I had my girls, I cannot remember anything.  Oh...yeah....that reminds me that I need to get back on topic. 

I had a teacher request to make a behavior contract for a preK student in her class who hardly speaks.  His parents speak Spanish primarily but mom speaks English, as well.  Seeing that my background is intermediate grades, I had to draw on my mom experience.  Since my oldest is four, I thought about what would work with my girls.  I am also a super organized person (anxiety will come on like a freight train if it's not organized) I went to Target and bought a little tub and the lid locks on, it's made be sterlite

 

 

Not sure why the picture is not rotated correctly, it is when I upload it.
I wanted the chart to be a half a page so I could print two on one page, gotta save paper. 
I brainstormed as many rewards as I could and even asked my daughter what she wanted.  The thing with behavior contracts is that you have to find the student's currency, what will they work for?  This could change every week or daily, therefore this contract has numerous rewards to work for. 
The student first decides what they will be working for be sure to take out any rewards that you are not willing to give (example: painting or playdough).  The student attaches their reward onto the reward box

This example shows the student is working for a reward of taking their shoes off.  I chose to use a signal so that I would not have to stop teaching to tell the student they earned their token.  I use a thumbs up symbol.  When I give the student the signal, they add their token (lego with Velcro attached)

When they earn five tokens, they get their reward.  For some students, they may need to be earning tokens every five minutes, whereas others could earn all five in one day.  The key is the reward must be immediate when they earn it and that you never take a token away.  If you plan to use it on a student who needs many reminders, every time they earn their reward - they begin again. 
1.  They choose a reward (it may be the same as the last one, or completely new).
2.  Earn tokens 
3.  Reward

 

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Behavior Contracts

I apologize for being so absent lately. I have been exhausted. Shocktober can be that way. I have a list of requests to work on from some of my rock star teammates. I just finished up a behavior contract for a preK student. I've used this type of contract with about 5 kids within the last two years. I need to finish up my description and upload it (hopefully this weekend), but here's a sneak peek

Cyber Sales Coming Up!!! Free Behavior Contracts!!!

Today is my first day of vaca!  I'm jealous of all the folks with the whole week off, but you can be envious of me when our year is over in May.  hehehe!

So excited to be linking up with The 3am Teacher to announce the cyber sales on TPT!

I will be discounting my products by 15% and use the code CMT12 to get another 10% off for a total of 25%.  Most of my products are fun activities to use in centers.  My best selling item, which my kids and I both adore is Math Wizards - Puzzling Math Riddles.  Here is the preview

I included a recording sheet, which students use to make a guess and check it with the given clues. 

We are fortunate to have 5 itouches in our classrooms, so the QR codes on the cards can be scanned to determine if they have the correct solution. 

Another new product Puzzling Fractions & Decimals Match Up

Students match the word form, pictorial representation, fraction, and decimal form.  I have purposely not reduced all fractions so that my students can see the connections between seven tenths and seventy hundredths, for example.  Again, I've included two recording sheets to keep my kiddos accountable.  The recording sheets are different.

Another great activity, which focuses on building number sense and understanding of subtraction is
Who Am I? Building Number Sense

I do have some great freebies in my store too.  Those items are usually whole class activity/games. 

I have so many items on my wish list - I hope I don't spend too much.  I know I am eyeing....

Head over to 3AM Teacher to link up!

So recently many of my teachers have been asking me for some behavior and/or work contracts.  I've used so many over the years that I've put together some for them and wanted to share with y'all.  I feel like this should all be freebies since classroom management is so critical and sometimes it's challenging for even the strongest of teachers.  I will upload them to my store, and I'll try to leave them in editable form so that you can change the behavioral target.  These contracts will work if you stay consistent and the reward is worth it to the student.  The biggest challenge is finding a reward the student is willing to work for.  I tell teachers often, that the reward may need to change every two weeks to continue to be effective.  Some kids will work for time on the computer/itouch, hawk bucks (school store), help a former teacher, time to draw, etc.  So, here are a few.

 Enjoy!  I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Shannon