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Behaviour Chart

A printable behaviour chart you write yourself. Set the expectations that actually matter in your room, choose a week or a month, and print it. Rows can be expectations or children, whichever way round you work.

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Specific beats general

“Good behaviour” is not something a child can act on. “Ready to learn when the bell goes” is. The value of writing your own expectations rather than downloading a fixed chart is that you can name the two or three things that would actually change your room, in the words you already use with the class.

Keep records private, expectations public

The common failure of behaviour charts is turning into a public league table. A child near the bottom of a wall display is being punished continuously by everyone who walks past, which rarely improves anything and often hardens it. Display what the class is aiming for, and keep who did what in a folder.

Rows either way

Rows can be the expectations, with days across the top, which suits one chart per child. Or rows can be the children, which suits a single class overview. Both come from the same setting, so print whichever matches how you actually work.

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The reward chart is the same grid aimed at a goal, the attendance chart covers registers, and classroom labels handle name tags.

Answers

Frequently asked questions

They work when they make expectations visible and specific, and they backfire when they become a public ranking. A chart listing "ready to learn" and "kind to others" tells a child what to do. A chart that displays who is behaving worst tells the room who to avoid, and tends to entrench the behaviour it names. Keep the chart about the expectations, and keep individual records private.

The expectations, yes. Individual results, generally not. A shared chart of what the class is aiming for is a reference; a shared chart of who failed is a punishment delivered by display. Printing one chart per child, kept in a folder, avoids the second while keeping the first.

Four to six. A long list stops being read and becomes wallpaper, and it also makes any single item feel unimportant. Pick the few that would change the day if they improved, and change them when they are established rather than adding more.

A behaviour chart records what happened; a reward chart works towards something. In practice they are the same grid used with different intent, which is why both are offered here. If a child needs motivating, use the reward chart. If you need a record for a conversation with a parent, use this one.

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