Help me give my students gift cards as incentive prizes during distance learning!
$155 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My eighth-grade cluster is made up of students from a wide variety of backgrounds. My students continue to work hard each year and thrive in a learning environment that nurtures creativity.
Healthy students learn more!
Over 43% of the students in my cluster are classified as ELL (English Language Learners), and another 30% are classified as special needs. Even with these hurdles, my kids work hard to find success in the classroom. Additionally, over 80% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch. This means that many do not have the basic supplies that we generally take for granted.
My Project
As I begin looking forward to the 2020-21 school year, I struggle to find the right way to help my students work their hardest in this distance learning format. Last year, we engaged in distance learning for 6 weeks. During that time, it was easy for the kids to disconnect from the lessons or just not log on at all. I asked myself what works in the classroom when they need something more than just a pat on the back or a good grade to keep them motivated. The answer was obvious: the prize box.
In school, it's easy to give kids a quick pick from the prize box, but things have changed.
Allowing them to dig through the box isn't going to work when they aren't in school. So, I need something easy to send in the mail. That's why I chose Gift Cards as PBIS incentives. By offering the gift cards I can hold a bi-weekly raffle and send the winner a card in the mail. I tried using stickie hands and erasers, but the cost of postage was much higher than I expected.
I previously got a group of Amazon cards and did bi-weekly raffles. The kids love it. I saw a marked increase in the number of students completing all of their work the week after I hard the first raffle and this trend continues, so now I am expanding the options to include other types of cards.
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