Labels, Organization and a Little Behavior Management

In my last post, I snapped a picture of some of the supplies I received from my order I placed at the end of the school year. Almost everything has come in so now I'm stuck with the hard part, decorating and organizing my classroom. However, thanks to Ladybug's Teacher Files, I'm headed in the right direction. I downloaded her Editable Basket Labels for my Sterilite storage drawers I posted the other day. I cannot wait to get these printed, laminated and attached to the bins!!!

This aren't all of the labels, but you get the picture!

Next, I began working on my supplies price list. As part of my behavior management plan, students will receive a ticket every day when they walk in the door.

Double Roll Admission Tickets

They will keep one ticket and I will keep its twin in a bucket. Students will keep their ticket unless their behavior merits the removal of the ticket from their possession. And yes, we have previously discussed desired behaviors as well as "off limits" behaviors for students. Now, here's the tricky part and where I'm still trying to work out the kinks. I do know that I will do the following things with the tickets:

• Use tickets I keep in my bucket as a random drawing for a prize. This would be used sporadically throughout the month (at the teacher's discretion) to provide motivation for students to keep their tickets. Students who have had their ticket removed would NOT be able to receive a prize because they do not have the matching ticket. Does it make sense?  I know it does in my head! ;)
• Somehow, I want students who have kept their tickets throughout the class period to also kept that ticket (and succeeding tickets) in a safe place. They all have their own notebooks, so preferably in there. However, I have not been able to think of a "holder" for the tickets in the notebooks.
• As stated in a previous post, every two weeks on DOL Test days, we will READ (acronym explained in a previous post). I would like students to be able to cash in their collected tickets to pull from our Reward Jar. This would allow students to engage in a task of their choice. 
• Lastly, for that student who ALWAYS forgets a pen, pencil or paper. They can use their tickets to buy supplies from my "store".

That is where my supply list comes into play. 

This isn't a great picture of my poster, yet you can see that students will have to pay 1 ticket for a pencil, 2 tickets for a pen, and 3 tickets for paper. They may keep these supplies as their own. I will also have a borrow box, for students who wish to borrow a pencil for my class ONLY! The borrow pencils are strategically labeled (as you see below) so I can spot my pencil from a mile away ;) I also placed a black pencil holder on top of this supply box for students to place their "payments". You can see an picture of the unfinished area below. 

Student Supply Area (no labels, from above, yet!)
Students may borrow tie-dye pencils OR buy supplies to keep. 

I have this grand idea for using the tickets as part of my classroom management plan, as well as part of my supply costs, but sometimes I feel like I have a HUGE idea that I'm unable to get organized! I'm hoping my ticket ideas will all come together before school starts. My biggest concern, how to ensure the students keep their earned tickets each day. They need to be in a safe, non-public spot. 

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--Alicia