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Classroom Management: The Good Behavior Pumpkin

There is something about the month of October that flips a switch for our little darlings. They become more chatty and routines are starting to get harder to keep in place. Today, I am going to share this fun Halloween classroom management tip with you that I like to call the good behavior pumpkin!
I bought this cute little pumpkin at Dollar Tree. Its actually a water bottle and I just took the straw out! You can choose to use a pumpkin or any other October themed item.
Meet Bowie (boo-ee)! This simple classroom management tool does wonders during the month of October. When I first introduced our new friend he did not have a name. I split my class up into groups. Each group had to come up with a Halloween themed name for our new friend. They had to work as a group. If everyone didn’t agree on the name then they couldn’t pick it.
Once we had our choices, I gave each kid  a post it and they voted for their favorite name. Here were our choices.
(Does anyone else write crooked when they are writing on their white board or is that just me? LOL)
Bowie was my favorite choice! I’ll confess, that I’m really not sure how to spell “BOO-ee”. I actually knew someone named that once and that is how he spelled it so that’s what I went with.
Once we had our name I explained why Bowie was here with us. I told them that he was a happy pumpkin looking for kids with good behavior. If he sees you following directions, listening, working hard, helping others,  etc…then he’ll come sit on your desk. They immediately wanted to know if they could touch him and of course my answer was no. Their next question was “can we earn a dojo point if he comes to our desk”? My answer was possibly, if your working hard. (I use class dojo as a classroom management tool).
I then explained that if Bowie leaves your desk it doesn’t always mean that your not following directions, he just wants to show someone else that they are doing a good job too. They immediately ate this up!
Here is Bowie spotting good behavior today!
I love that something so simple can help accomplish so much.
You can find more classroom management ideas in this post.
Have a blessed one,
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