Super Friend Cape

When it comes to classroom management I prefer to use positive reinforcement. When I reward a student for doing something I want them to do (lets say a student opened a book and read after they completed an assignment)  I always get a bunch more students doing the same and saying "Look I'm doing that too!"
One way I give positive reinforcement is called the "Super Friend Cape". These cute capes are easy and inexpensive to make.

How I use them:
When I see a student doing something nice for another student like lending them a pencil, letting them in font of them in line etc... I call out " We have SUPER friend in our class!!!!"  to get the attention of the other students. I then take a cape out of the basket and clip it onto the shirt of the student. They get to wear the cape for the rest of the day. At then end of the day I send home a letter explaining what the student did to deserve to wear the "Super Friend Cape".

How to:
Materials needed:
Felt
Glitter Glue
Hot Glue
Clothes Pins

Step 1:

Lay your felt out on a flat surface, and decide what you want your cape to say. You could change it from super friend to super student etc...

Step 2:

Use your glitter glue to write your message. You could also use marker, or glue and loose glitter. Let it dry for a hour or so.

Step 3:

Hot clue the clothes pin onto the back of the felt.

Here is the letter I send home to parents!

This is so simple I really didn't need to give step by step directions LOL. Hope you use this idea! Leave me a comment and let me know what you think!