It was the first week back to school and while the students were only there Thursday and Friday I am exhausted!
Like all teachers do at the beginning of the year, I have been working to set up my rules and procedures. This year my school has adopted CHAMPS. For any of you who do not know, CHAMPS is an acronym that stands for Conversation, Help, Activity, Movement, Participation, Success. This helps teachers really think about their expectations for various activities so that students understand how to be successful.
I started my first CHAMPS Chart on a whim because we had some down time before a first drill. I quickly realized that though my students and I have all done fire drill for a very long time, I hadn't thought in-depth enough about what I wanted to write on the CHAMPS chart that would be explicit. That afternoon, I still struggled to get the right verbiage (probably because I was just over thinking it) so I googled "CHAMPS Charts" and found some phrases that I like. I even realized some my original thoughts were right on track.
With knowing that I would be making a lot more of these CHAMPS posters, I wanted to create a bank of CHAMPS phrases so that I could be consistent in the language I was using with my students. I also wanted to map out my CHAMPS charts before I started writing them. So here is what I did!
I went on Excel and create lists of phrases and behaviors for each of the letters in CHAMPS. Then I made drop down lists on a different page so that I could choose from the lists. Now, I simply open up my excel spreadsheet and copy the wording onto my chart paper. My students are learning how to be successful in all school activities and they don't have to learn new wording every time.
You can download my CHAMPS Chart excel document on my TPT store. It provides a great starting point for anyone trying to develop CHAMPS Charts.
