Happy BEE Day freebie and Monday Made Its

Yay It's Monday! I'm linking up with my friend Tara for Monday Made It.

Do you celebrate birthdays in your class? Kids LOVE their birthday! I’ll admit that I felt really special when my students and families threw me a surprise party. I’ve had surprise parties the past four years and it was really awesome.

Since birthdays are probably the most important day for little ones I wanted to come up with something neat to acknowledge their special day.

My plan is to have the birthday boy or girl wear this visor for the day. Happy BEE Day matches our classroom perfectly!

They will also get to pick a mystery card out of the bee bag pictured below. The card will have different special treats such as 

lunch with the teacher

swap sits with a friend

no morning work

If you'd like this free download just click on the picture or link

My next Monday Made it was a ribbon wreath. I'm definitely obsessed with ribbon. Last year I made ribbon garland and a deco mesh wreath. This year I made a ribbon wreath. 

I purchased all supplies at Michael's. It's made from a foam wreath. All you do is use straight pins to pin down ribbon. Easy Peasy! Just beware your thumb will be sore.

 My last Monday Made It was something I started last summer but keep adding on. 

Behavior Beads

 I can honestly say that behavior beads are one of the BEST things I added to my classroom management system over the past couple of years.  I use the Super Improver Wall and of course these Behavior Beads.

So what is a behavior bead?  A behavior bead is a necklace that each child receives and they work toward earning more tags/charms to display on their necklace. On the first day of school I give my students their own badge on a necklace.  

I'm excited about these new behavior beads. I'll be giving the Happy BEE Day tag on their birthday. I'm loving the You knock my SOCKS off tag and 50th day tag.  If you'd like to be entered to win any three sets of my behavior beads just leave me any kind of comment with your EMAIL address. 

New Behavior Bead Add Ons 

I'm off to check out the other fabulous project! As always.. thanks Tara!

Only read below if you have questions about Behavior Beads

Questions about Behavior Beads

How do you display your necklaces? 

Last year I had the tags on little hooks grouped by tables. I had four tables so each hook had about 5 necklaces.

In the past, I have displayed them on a large cork board. Each necklace hangs from a thumbtack with the student’s number above the thumbtack.

Here is a CD cabinet without the selves. I used this my first year as a Brag Tag holder.

When do your students wear their necklaces?

Each day, students wear their chains if they choose.  At the end of the day when they go pack up their belongings..they hang their Behavior Beads back on the hooks!  The next morning when students come in they are able to put on their chains first thing in the morning. I don’t make them wear the necklaces daily. Some love to and others prefer to keep them on the hook.  I’ve seen some teachers just allow students to wear necklaces on Fridays or assemblies. Again it’s up to you.

When do they earn tags?

Two years ago I used a behavior clip chart in my classroom and every time a student ended on OUTSTANDING they earned a jewel for their clip.  Once they had 5 jewels, they earned a behavior bead/tag/badge. Last year I used class dojo. Once they had 25 points they earned a new tag. I had many different levels of tags. I also gave out tags for mastering math facts, sight words, good handwriting, displaying good character traits, and many others.  If you are a Leader in Me school you may like these  FREE 7 Habits tags.

WIG- Wildly IMPORTANT GOAL

How do you know whose necklace is whose?

I number at least one tag. It’s usually the first tag I give them. However, this year I will be making a custom tag with each child’s name on it. Click here for programmable tags that you do yourself.

How do I implement them?

Simply print on cardstock, laminate and cut. I’ve made them very easy to cut. I used a paper cutter and it was so fast. I punch a hole using a small punch size found at Hobby Lobby ( $3.99)

Where do you store the extra tags?

You can buy a compartment storage container at Hobby Lobby or Michael’s. I love Tara’s picture.

Where did you find the chains?

You can find them at Etsy, online, and Hobby Lobby. I bought my chains at Hobby Lobby for $7.99. If you have coupon... it’s even cheaper.