Hi Brigitte,

 

First thought - why not ask the student to come to you to get the sticker? Alternately, you could assign a student to do that as a choir job...that way you can keep rehearsing.

 

Mike

I just came across it too and I'm so using it!!  Same reasons as you, and I can't even begin to keep up with stickers!  I teach ms and hs choir and even my hs kids love the idea. :). I especially love the fact that it's FREE and I can email parents with daily, weekly, monthly, or whenever reports!

So far I'm using the following privelages in cojunction with this point system:

 

10 points - student gets to choose avatar

 

20 points - student gets to choose small item from teacher basket such as pencil with eraser (I have lots!)

 

30 points - 5 min of free time

 

If the class maintains %90 positive or higher we have a class privelage day such music game day, movie day, snack day, etc.

 

I'm trying to keep things simple because I have a lot of kids to keep up with, and I want a tool like this to add to what I'm doing in rehearsal and not take away. Please share your classdojo ideas you're using far...I'm so curious! Also what kind of positive points have you created for you groups under rewards??  :)  

 

Armando Morales

Hi Brigette,

 

I don't do individual rewards.  I always aim at the group goal.  With my middle school chorus we keep our competition in mind and I write on the the board the letters for the rating scale, S (superior), E (excellent), G (good) F (fair) and one that I made up SSH (should've stayed home).  I will point to a letter to note how focused we are.  They know if I stand there and my finger descends that they need to get back on track quickly.

For my general classroom I have sticker chart for the classes where they need to earn seven stickers to get a free sing day. So they usually get one a quarter.  This allows for a couple of screw ups each quarter.  The class that gets to the end of the chart first gets a prize.

 

Lois 

Okay so I'm only one and a half weeks in and Classroom Dojo is proving helpful.  Each of my class rules corresponds to a negative point...these are things that I expect from them every day, regardless of whats on the lesson plan.  The negative side doesn't include rehearsal only items.  However, the positve side is where I do rehearsal specific things: posture, proper singing technique, helpful suggestion, wise use of rehearsal time, general kudos, and include four items that our school promotes:ROCK...respect, organization, committment, and knowledge.  My plan is that the negative total for the week tells me how many points need to be taken away from their weekly class grade (10 pts a day).  The positive points accumulate for two different things.  On the individual level, points can be traded for extra credit at the end of each quarter.  Plus, we are going to set a target number as a group goal each quarter.  If they reach the goal, they get to have a free day and come up with their own activities.  My high schoolers want a day off sight reading, for example.  I'm loving the possibilities so far!