This chapter was very helpful for me. There are so many tips and reminders of things I can do in the class as I start taking over more of the school day. There are also a lot of things that will be helpful for me when looking for and gathering information for the BIP we will be conducting. I think I will use some of the methods for the project.
One method I found interesting was the self-evaluation. I think this is a great thing for students, especially in the upper grades. I think it can teach students how to be responsible in class; for their work and their behavior.
Overall, I gained a lot from this chapter. It gives many individual and group behavior systems that I can see myself using this year and in the future. I know that I can use some of these for my class now. My CT and I have been thinking about things we can do for the class’ behavior during certain parts of the day. There are a few that I will be interested in trying.
I like you, really got a lot out of this chapter and thought a lot of the “self-evaluation” and helping students assess and keep track of their behaviors. I also was grateful to have read about individual exceptional-”ness” with regard to behaviors that may accompany it (ADD, autism…).
Have a great week and good luck with the implementation. I think this definitely gave us some insight as to how to implement a behavior system for “our” individual students chosen for our case study.
I enjoyed this chapter as well. I felt like there were a lot of tips that I will use in my placement and future classroom. I liked the self-evaluation piece too, but what I am finding in my placement is that students still need a little bit of guidance when thinking about their actions and evaluating what they can do in the future.
It is so important to teach kids responsibility and have them learn to assert themselves as students. I agree that it will take them a long way.