How I Use Brag Tags AND Class Dojo Together

Lots of teachers use Class Dojo, and lots of teachers use brag tags...but do you use both?  

I do, and it works really well. In short, I use Dojo to communicate with parents and

reward/manage behavior, and I use brag tags as rewards.  I wanted to share a few easy

ways to tie the two together.

At the start of each week, introduce and display a specific brag tag. Explain how students can

earn this tag- Do students need to display a specific behavior? Do they need to complete a

specific task? Add a Tag of the Week category in your positive Dojo points. When students

earn the brag tag, they also earn the point. To make it even better, make it worth 2 or 3 points.

I like to display my tag of the week on the board. I put the brag tags on a binder ring, and hang

them from a magnetic hook. I try to choose tags that are seasonal or related to
topics/characteristics that we've been working on during our Leadership time. My school uses
Leader in Me, so I often choose those tags for my tag of the week. I’ve created a Brag Tag of
the Week sign for you to create a small display. You can download it here.

As my students reach specific milestones in their long totals, they earn a brag tag. We reset
their bubbles every other week after the kids cash in with our Dojo store, which you can read
about here, but we keep a running total in my notebook. Our milestones are 24, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, and so on. I don’t think I’ve ever had a student go beyond 600 points. My
Dojo-themed brag tags are in my TPT store.  

This is a simple one.  Each week, the student with the highest number of points earns the
Monster of the Week Tag. They also get to color a monster labeled with their name which is
then hung with our Dojo display. Monster of the week tags are in my Dojo brag tag set, and the
coloring page can be found here.  

Our specials teachers choose a student or two who showed leadership during the class period.
Those students earn a Dojo point under the category of Super Student in Specials. I also have a
brag tag that I created specifically for the specials at my school. If you're interested in those,
please email me.

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