All- Star Behavior

Dear Fifth Grade Parent,

Welcome!! We are so excited about this school year. We have amazing students and many awesome opportunities in store for them! Fifth graders will no longer use the tally/clip behavior system. In fifth grade, the behavior system is done using STARS. EVERY student starts every week with 15 stars. Stars will be removed for breaking rules and procedures which include Calhoun’s Toolbox for Success and Ron Clark’s Essential 55 as well as not turning in homework and not having supplies and materials. Students can earn bonus stars for good behavior and going over and beyond teacher’s expectations. Students who have had stars removed and show improvement and good behavior may earn back stars. All-STAR Behavior is based on positive reinforcement. Students earn weekly, monthly and nine week incentives.

Students who show good behavior and follow the rules will be rewarded with Friday Fun, a monthly incentive, and the Nine Week’s Incentive. Students need to earn 13 out of the 15 stars to participate in the Friday Fun activity. Students need to earn 90% of the stars for the month incentive, as well as 90% for the nine weeks award. Students will have to earn the privilege to participate in any of these activities. Students who do not earn the privilege will have an alternate assignment to complete during the activity. The ultimate incentive for the first semester is the trip to Barrier Island.

Daily Consequences for losing stars are:

Lose 1 star- Warning

Lose 2 stars- Silent lunch

Lose 3 stars- Silent lunch/No recess

Lose 4 stars- Silent lunch/No recess and Afterschool Detention

Lose 5 stars- Previous and Parent/Teacher Conference about Behavior

Lose 6 stars- Principal’s Office

All of this information is kept on the teacher’s clipboard and is passed from class to class.

Afterschool detention will be scheduled after school on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:30-3:30. If the student loses 4 stars, the detention notice will be served with a 24 hour notice. For example, if a student loses four stars on Tuesday afternoon, a detention slip will be sent home on Tuesday, but the detention will not be served until the next Monday because Wednesday’s detention was not in the 24 hour notice time frame unless the next day is approved by the parent. Another example, if a student loses four stars on Monday, a detention slip will be sent home on Monday and the student will serve detention on Wednesday. Parents will be responsible for picking up the student at 3:30 on the day the student serves detention.

As in the past, a weekly report will be sent home and must be signed by the parent. If the student brings the sheet back signed, he/she will automatically receive a bonus star for the next week. If it is not returned signed on the next school day, he/she will have a star removed. This behavior plan will run from Friday to Thursday, so we can record information on Thursday evening to give out on Fridays in the Friday folder.