Monday Made It...2 in a row...impressive!

Today I did something that I haven't done

in a long time...

I went back and read over all of my posts

that I have ever written.

I never really considered my blog

to be an online diary, but that

is exactly what it is.

I laughed, I cried, and I smiled.

If you are a blogger and you haven't done this

in a while...do it!

If you are a blog follower and you haven't

done this with your favorite blogs...do it!

It's inspirational.

I'm pretty proud of myself for makin' it to 

Monday Made It with 4th Grade Frolics once again.

This week I'm writin' about somethin' that I actually made in the past,

but never blogged about how I display and store my 

Fact Family Behavior Beads.

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I used Fact Family Behavior Beads to motivate my students to 

become fluent in their multiplication facts at the beginnin'

of the school year. 

This could be used with addition, subtraction

and division as well.

The followin' pictures I posted on my Instagram 
as we were workin' on our facts.

This year EVERY.SINGLE.ONE of my students

successfully mastered all of their

multiplication math facts in less 

than a month after school started.

Each day I would present the students 

with a facts quiz starting with 0's

and ending with 12's. 

I printed quizzes off of Math-Drills.com.

As students completed each quiz, I would give

them the Fact Family Behavior Bead to keep.

It's amazin' what a little piece of laminated

paper can do to get students excited about their

multiplication facts!

Each Fact Family Behavior Bead has a different

graphic for a surprise Ice Cream Sundae party

at the end.

These sweet parents brought in all the supplies and helped with our 

Ice Cream Sundae party.

As you can tell, my awesome students enjoyed their yummy reward!

Behavior Beads are kept on binder rings and displayed

usin' Command Hooks that are attached to a white board.

I ordered a box of binder rings on Amazon, but picked up the

little Command Hooks at Walmart.

I attached the hooks and the numbers to the board

usin' Blue Sticky tack (it's the only kind that I use).

The numbers are from my 

Behavior Bucks, Rewards, Numbers and Titles

that I wrote about HERE.

They are FREE..so scoop them up...like ice cream!

I use clear, plastic thread organizers to store all Behavior Beads

that I have created and hand out in my classroom.

You can find these at most craft stores for fairly inexpensive.

I can't wait to meet my new group of kiddos

to start Fact Family Behavior Beads with them.

Tomorrow I head out to California for my yearly summer

trip to visit the parental unit.

I haven't seen them since Christmas break.

I'm ECSTATIC! 

Happy Monday, friends!