I don't know about your kids, but my kids will do anything -- ANYTHING
-- to get a "free day." Of course, in my classroom, "free days" are
still spent doing something art-related, and I have some really cool
art games that get them up and out of their seats. I'm too busy to
post them right now (sick baby) but if you are interested, email me
and I will send you directions when I get a minute. :)
BTW, I do this with 6-8th graders.
Becky (Chas WV)
On 1/1/06, Amy Broady <AmyBroady@alumni.duke.edu> wrote:
> I stocked up on stickers, small novelty erasers, and sometimes I did use
> candy, though that is not my first choice. I had a great discount school
> supply company near me at the time I first used this system...don't know
> where I'll go now, as I live in a different state!
>
> You could seek party favors that come in bulk...buy some special
> pencils...what about highlighters? Maybe you could even get a business (or
> two or three...) to donate some items.
>
> Another option would be to award the class with a special project or a game
> day (for art games, of course).
>
> What I told the kids was that when their class palette is full, their
> teacher would get a "Golden Palette Award" to hang outside her room so that
> the whole school would know what they had accomplished. And if that didn't
> seem to excite them, I added a sense of mystery--"...and there might even be
> some rewards for the students in those classes who earn the golden palette
> award...but I don't want to go into that too much right now..." Their eyes
> got big with excitement and wonder, and it bought me some time--I'm not
> commited to any one thing before I've stocked up.
>
> As for the "Golden Palette"--I will make a smaller version of the ones I
> hang in the classroom (I'm thinking about the size of my hand when my
> fingers are spread out) using gold posterboard, and featuring all the
> colors. I might make the colors out of paper scraps, like I do for the
> regular palettes, but maybe outline them with gold glitter so it's even
> flashier. Or I might use real, heavy body acrylics and try to give the paint
> a globby, impasto presence on the palette. I will also probably print a
> label indicating the teacher's name and the date. But then again...if I do
> not label them, maybe I can collect them at the end of the year and use them
> again next year. After all, what use would the teacher have for them after
> the school year has ended?
>
> Another idea. One thing I used years ago with my older classes (4th and 5th
> grade) was something I called "Big Bucks." I had found somewhere a large
> version of a $100 bill done with the Mona Lisa instead of Benjamin Franklin.
> It was black&white, but I copied it onto lime green paper, and laminated
> them. How I wish I could find the B&W original I used to make the copies!
>
> I distributed them to classes for good behavior throughout the year, and at
> the end of the year I held an auction for which the classes could place bids
> with their Big Bucks. I think I auctioned off a pizza party, donuts, a
> special project (but I can't remember what it was!), and toy surprises
> (which were the little party favor toys). It did cost some money out of my
> pocket, though. Again, maybe you could have some things donated?
>
> This kids LOVED the Big Bucks. They all wanted to keep them and take them
> home, but since I had a limited amount, I asked that all be returned to me.
> If I could find the original so I could make more, I'd consider letting them
> be a reward kids could keep. They really thought those Big Bucks were cool!
>
> Here's an inexpensive option for a reward: let the kids "pie" you if they
> earned a certain behavior or art project goal. You'd have to set a time near
> the end of the school year set aside where you could cover yourself in trash
> bags and let each deserving kid throw a plate filled with spray wipped cream
> at you. Each child supplied his or her own whipped cream. My daughter's 2nd
> grade teacher used this to motiviate kids in a fundraiser earlier this year.
> Kids who met a certain goal got the reward, and the entire class enjoyed the
> spectacle! I'm afraid it was a rather miserable experience for the teacher,
> but she was a great sport. She got all decked out in her trash bags and
> goggles.
>
> So maybe an opportunity to "pie" the teacher might motivate some of the more
> obnoxious students!
>
> HTH,
> Amy
>
>
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> > Hmmm...it does sound interesting, like something they could get excited
> > about. What kind of awards do you usually give out? Seems like you'd
> > need to buy
> > a lot of stickers and stuff!
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