Re: TARGET, ELE: Reward System

[Karen DeFrank <defrank@voicenet.com>]

Vicki Asper wrote:
<I have wanted to try a system to award a class when either a certain
percentage
or all of the students return their books but I have a few questions.>

I would love to see some on-line discussion about this.  I have tried
rewards before.   (I offered popsicles for any class who gets 100%
returned. My local grocery store had 24 store brand popsicles for $2 so
this is no big set back.(and it hardly ever happens!) But I got
frustrated when some teachers, in order to win, made the students keep
the library books in their desks!!!
Open circulation messes this up, too.  I have given stickers to each
individual in a class who is not on my overdue list, but doing this
every week gets tedious.  Plus I feel bad for the kid who has an
irresponsible parent who never gets around to helping find a lost book.
Seems like my chronic book losers have messy homes!
Any one have a solution to this?

Karen DeFrank
Dorothy L. Bullock Elementary School
Glassboro, NJ  08028
defrank@voicenet.com

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