Two of my favorite books to read with my students the first week of school are David Goes to School and No, David! by David Shannon.
The kids think that David is hilarious and cannot believe the things that he does to get in trouble.
These books provide a really great opportunity to talk about classroom and school rules. To go along with our PBIS framework (Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports) we focused on how to turn "no, David" into "yes, David". I was really proud of how well they were able to think of positive rules to add to our "yes, David" chart. I made a cut out of David and had him hanging on one of the bookshelves when the kids came in. They insisted that we pretend he was a new student in the classroom and they even begged to give him a desk and chair. I asked them to help me come up with a chart of positive reinforcers to help David make the best choices at school.
Here is what they came up with...
The students cut out and made their own David face to paste on their writing activity where they wrote their favorite "Yes, David" statement.
