Help me give my students students incentives to build and enhance positive behavior, collaborative relationships, and support for financial literacy/economics concepts while providing an authentic learning experience for all!
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
I teach in a rural community that serves a variety of students with varied abilities. I teach a wonderful community of first graders! In our classroom, each student is valued and an essential component of what makes our classroom team. In our classroom, TEAM means Together, Everyone Achieves More! We work together, play together, read together, write together, smile together, learn together; yet, most importantly, succeed together!
"Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is a progress, working together is a success!"
My Project
When you were in school, what incentive(s) motivated you? For my students, they are motivated by classroom celebrations! In response to our current pandemic, we have transitioned our educational models of teaching/learning. Students are required to complete both in-class and virtual learning activities. As we've progressed throughout the year, there has been a slight decline in participation and completion of our hybrid model outcomes. This project is designed to combat that decline and offer students a variety of positive incentives; that not only encourages them to reach their successes, but, too, correlates with our Financial Literacy/Economics objectives! I have implemented many reward systems to help teach Financial Literacy/Economics. Our main classroom economy system is aligned with ClassDojo (used virtually AND in-class as a classroom rewards system). Students can earn points for their good choices (such as completion of assignments, behavior, etc.). They can redeem their points for prizes/incentives; and too, with the success of this project, earn participation in our monthly classroom celebration (to celebrate their successes and overall outcomes)! Students will be offered a sweet treat station to provide the incentives during our monthly classroom celebration. The sweet treats will include a variety of items such as cotton candy, ice cream, snow cones, and much more!
This project is designed to provide direct student benefit, encourage achievement(s) of specified learning outcomes, provide PBIS incentives, correlate our Financial Literacy/Economics objectives, and enhance our, overall, virtual AND in-person learning experiences!
Tribesigns Overbed Table with Wheels, Unadjustable Queen Size Mobile Desk with Heavy-Duty Metal Legs, Height Can't Adjust (Black)
• Amazon Business
$169.99
1
$169.99
Whynter CUF-110B Energy Star 1.1 Cubic Feet Upright Lock, Black Freezer
• Amazon Business
$153.54
1
$153.54
AGLUCKY Ice Maker Machine for Countertop, Portable Ice Cube Makers, Make 26 lbs ice in 24 hrs,Ice Cube Rready in 6-8 Mins with Ice Scoop and Basket for Home/Office/Bar (Black)
• Amazon Business
$109.99
1
$109.99
Roundhill Furniture Masaccio Cushioned Leatherette Upholstery Airlift Adjustable Swivel Barstool with Chrome Base, Set of 2, Black
• Amazon Business
$100.27
1
$100.27
The Candery Cotton Candy Machine and Floss Bundles (Machine with 5 Flavors Floss)
• Amazon Business
$82.99
1
$82.99
Materials cost
$616.78
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$50.88
3rd party payment processing fee
$9.25
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$706.91
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$124.75
Total project goal
$831.66
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$831.66
1 Donor
-$355.00
Donations toward project cost
-$355.00
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$0.00
match offer
-$414.01
Match offer toward project cost
-$351.91
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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