Re: TARGET, ELE: Reward System

[Suzanne Weinheimer <suzanne@WHATEXIT.COM>]

>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?

 Not sure how this would work, but how about on a set date each month ,
say the 15th, Any class who does not have any overdues, gets a point (or
a star, or whatever). Twice a year (e.g. January and June) whichever
classes have received 4 out of 5, or 5 out of 5 stars , gets a ice pop
party, or popcorn party, etc.

Our gym teacher does something similar  every  semester with classes
being prepared for P.E. (i.e. sneakers). The class with the most stickers
on their sneaker chart, gets a certificate, I think the most certificates
gets a class pizza party.

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Suzanne Weinheimer, Librarian
South Mountain Elementary School Library
444 West South Orange Avenue
South Orange, NJ 07079
1-973-378-7848 / FAX: 1-973-564-9633
email: suzanne@whatexit.com
WWW: http://www.southmountain.somsd.k12.nj.us
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