Help me give my students gift cards for participation, academic achievement, attendance, and incentives so students can work hard during this pandemic.
This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
My third graders attend a Title I school, and our school supplies every child with breakfast and lunch daily. Coming from low-income families, unfortunately, my students do not have as many supplies and opportunities as students in the surrounding districts.
This year, I have 20 students who are working diligently to achieve the goals that they have set for themselves this year.
All of our families need extra love, education, support, and help with daily activities. Sometimes facing a hard decision choosing between the electric bill and feeding their family. My goal is to make their virtual and in-person school experience meaningful and fun while also setting high expectations while providing a safe, loving environment for all of my students. This is truly something to celebrate. Your donations mean more than you will ever fully understand!
My Project
Due to COVID our classrooms won't be back to normal for some time. My classroom consists of virtual and in-person learning at the same time with lots of daily challenges due to COVID. My students are facing learning gaps because of how the school year ended last year. Mentally, emotionally, and physically this has changed the mindset and motivation of our young learners. As a campus, our daily attendance and participation decreased significantly. I am constantly coming up with creative ways to get students to participate and show up daily to learn. I want to give students the opportunity to earn a variety of gift cards. I am requesting gift cards to Starbucks, IHOP, Subway, Chipotle, and Texas Roadhouse as a way to motivate my students.
I would like to use these gift cards as incentives to encourage students with things they enjoy doing daily and to places they love dining at to motivate them while we are learning.
We will have weekly raffles for things such as attendance, participation, and most improved students while we are still on our learning journey. I will use dojo points as a way to track and document students' participation. Students that have the most dojo points will be eligible to earn the gift card weekly. I will also offer students a chance to win a gift card by doing their best when they are with me. A gift card can go a long way in motivating a student. I have other incentives also but the gift cards will be a hit allowing students to work hard to purchase items that they want or need.
Bringing this project to life I hope will increase participation and attendance for my students in my class.
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