Help me give my students incentives and earn rewards for doing the right thing!
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My Students
My students are 9 and 10-year-old, beautiful children. They are just starting fifth grade and on the way to entering a new era; junior high school.
"If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow." John Dewey.
They are wonderful people with varied talents and together they work amazingly well to help each other reach goals. Our school is an inner-city, multicultural, low-income, Title I-funded school. I hope to help them improve their lives.
My Project
I love to use incentives and rewards in my classroom! It reinforces the idea of earning something that is of value and it really does work wonders in creating a classroom environment that fosters respect and kindness.
To make positive changes, students need a clear idea of what positive behavior is and to be positively reinforced when they demonstrate that behavior.
I do this is by giving “High Fives”. Students trace their hands on paper, write their names, cut out and place them on a bulletin board. When I give a high five, the student walks to the board and places a sticker on one finger of their cut-out. Five stickers equal a prize from our prize box. When the hand is completed (25 stickers) the student gets two prizes and flips the hand over to start over. I explain that high fives are random and given to whomever I catch doing the right thing such as acting kind, helping others, staying on task, showing attention, and other positive behavior. I do not give high fives for academics and students cannot ask for one.
There are many ways that I give positive reinforcement including praise, private conversations, and activities or privileges. However, the high five methods has consistently been a favorite.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.81
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$355.69
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$62.77
Total project goal
$418.46
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$418.46
1 Donor
-$260.99
Donations toward project cost
-$221.85
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$39.14
Matching donations from our partners
-$157.46
Match offers toward project cost
-$133.84
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