Super Improvers Wall

As I mentioned in the earlier post on homework, effort has a big impact on achievement. So, in the classroom, we use something called The Super Improver Wall! The whole idea of the wall is to celebrate and reward improvement!

  As your child makes improvements (in anything) they can get a star. The students can get stars for improving in behavior, test scores, kindness, behavior with a substitute teacher etc. They love to get stars. They do not earn a star every time they make an improvement! (Think intermittent reinforcement.)

Here are some things children can earn stars for:

• Improving scores on a vocabulary quiz
• Doing extra credit during reading time
• Participating with gestures during mirror
• Tutoring another student on some tricky math problems
• Working well with their partners
• Turning in HW (a child who frequently forgets)
• Improving scores on Super Speed Math

Every time they get 10 stars, they move up a level.  Another time I'll share the different chants we use in the classroom. When a student has ten stars, a student helper moves their card so it is vertical. That lets me know that the child is ready to move up a level.

The students really like to take home the index cards with all of their stars. I then make a big deal of letting them choose the color their name will be written on for the next level. We have a solar system theme going on.

Here is a picture of last year's wall!