Happy New Year!!
This week back kicked my booty, but I sure did miss my kiddos. I had to jump on here to share something I rewarded my class with this week for the first time in my six years of teaching:
A TALENT SHOW!
In my class, my students work as a whole to earn bean parties. You know, when they move all their beans from one jar to the other by doing well and following directions, they get their party. I used to put off my kids earning their beans though because I was making the reward too complicated and costly. That's why I decided to compile this list and share a little bit more about the positive reward system in 2A!
As we all know, camaraderie goes a long way in the classroom and I've found using these rewards in the classroom are invaluable.
At the beginning of the year after
explaining the ins & outs of our classroom & the bean jar, we set a goal to work for as
class.
We choose this goal together by
brainstorming a list of fun, FREE things & then vote on them & start earning beans to earn that prize.
No matter what gets voted as our goal, we have a ton of fun! Here are some of my personal faves:
1.
iPad
Day: This means every subject involves
the use of our one-to-one iPads! Of
course I make sure the day we have our bean party is my class’ scheduled day
for the iPad cart. I stick to the day’s lesson plans & subject matter & simply find apps that lend themselves to what my students are going to be
learning about!
Check out my very official modified
plans for iPad day:
There are so many great apps out there, but
for your reference, here is a link to a blog post I checked out when planning this
day. It’s from my Bloggy Bestie Jen
Bonner from Sparkling in Second! (You probably already know her because she’s
amazeballs.)
2.
Talent
Show: This was the reward that made me write this blog post!
When we chose the goal of a talent show, I told the kids to start
thinking of what they could do; is it something they needed to practice like a
dance routine or are there any materials they would need to bring for a magic
trick?
This was a low-key talent show done in the
classroom without a stage or parents or costumes. The day after they earned all their beans, they performed their talents!
It was truly entertaining! I didn't think I would enjoy it as much as I did!
Here are some talents shown by my students just to give you an idea of how low-key this reward was:
·
Double-jointed
fingers
·
Magic
trick
·
Yo-yo
tricks
·
Hair
braiding
·
Singing
·
Break dancing
(hehe)
·
Duct
Tape creations
This student showed
us how she makes these and then had samples!!! Raise your hand if you love
samples!
I was so blown away with how fun & creative
everyone’s talents were! We really bonded & had a lot of fun.
Now I don’t dread my students earning their bean party and instead can’t wait for us to do something fun & out of the ordinary together!
What do you do to reward your
students? Leave some of your ideas in
the comments!~
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behavior management plan, click in here.
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