Behavior Post-It Notes

I was so excited when I found this Post-It template on Pinterest (originally posted by Melanie at SugarDoodle- check it out here), that I actually screamed. Out loud. Which kind of annoyed the Hubs, and definitely scared the Pup. But I couldn't help myself.

For years (and I mean YEARS!), I have been looking for a way to quickly notify parents of their child's behavior on a daily basis. I haven't yet found any commercial sites or teacher supply stores that sell exactly what I need. For a while, I would send home daily behavior logs with comments for parents to sign and return each day. This obviously had a few obstacles. For one, it took FOR.EV.ER. Secondly, most parents didn't send them back daily, and so I basically made a bajillion extra copies and couldn't keep tabs on how the kids were doing over the course of the week.

Last year,  I started weekly behavior logs instead, which works much better from a management standpoint. I can monitor kids week-long behavior, and parents can find out how their kids did during the week on Friday afternoons. But for many parents, this wasn't enough. They wanted to know how their child did everyday. For a while, I gave stickers to the kids who did well, so their parents would see the sticker and know that their child behaved. Then I had one genius little stinker who began stealing stickers from other kids, peeling them off of walls, and soliciting from the bus driver so he could trick his mom. And they say SpecialEd kids are slow. Right!

So when I came across this template, I  pretty much died. And then I knew exactly what I would use them for: to create daily, mini behavior logs. I purposely made them extraordinarily simple, and left out a comment section. I plan to store these with a pen on a little clipboard by the door, so I can circle a face and slap them onto the child's homework folder on the way out.  Follow the directions below to make your own!

Step One: Print the Blank Template

The blank template can be found here.  I changed it a little by adding a small star to the top, so that I didn't get confused when placing my notes. 

Step Two: Place the Post-Its

Step Three: Print the Behavior Post-It Template.

This is the tricky part! Turn the paper post-it side down, and feed it into your printer star-first. You can find the Behavior Post-It Template here.

Step Four: Remove Your Beautiful, Glorious Behavior Post-Its.

I haven't started using these yet, but I'll try and post some pictures and a self-review when I do. For now I'm just excited to have figured this one out. Wish me luck with actually putting it to use!