Payback is Rich or Student Store and More May 6, 2008
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Classroom Price List
Create a student store where students spend “digital dollars” earned from a variety of appropriate behaviors such as:
- questions answered correctly
- first to arrive at class and get started working on WarmUp
- most questions answered correctly
- first to seek out resources
- begin a task without prompting
- offer help to another
- take a risk to be the first to answer a class discussion question
What other behaviors do you want to reward? Leave a comment!
Post your classroom price list with either tangible or intangible items for sale such as:
- School supplies
- Assignment “Do Over”
- Choose “X” amount fewer problems to complete
- 5 extra minutes the learning center of your choice
What other items should be included on your price list? Leave a comment!
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take a risk to be the lab group leader
clean up the lab area
having a positive attitude all period
Staying on task, completing work, asking questions, finding something to do when you complete work before others.
High school students will work for tardy passes, bottle of water, extra credit, homework passes as well as tangibles such as:
PENCILS
PAPER
HIGHLIGHTERS
COLORED PENS
STICKY NOTES
BIG ERASERS
NOTEBOOKS
FOLDERS
SPIRALS
PAPER CLIPS
LARGE CLIPS
Reward for: Staying on task
Price list: exrta credit opportunities
Ideas for Money Store:
1) Extra Points on Test
one cell phone buy-out (not taken away)
2) Excuse an assignment
3) Pencils
4) Bathroom Break
5) Time on computer
6) redo an assignment
7) tardy buyout (1 time)
9) 3 X 5 card with information for the tests
Ideas for behaviors to reward
Be the first to show, by example, what the notes sound like.
Help someone with music when they are having trouble
Being a section leader
Peer mentoring without prompting
Leading warm-ups
finishing the theory work first (and correct)
Extra points
Tardy
Bathrrom break
Drop lowest grade
Pencils
Time on computer
Re-do assignment
3X5 card
To have food in class
Rewards for:
Encouraging a classmate
Finding a teacher error
Bringing homework back on time every day for the nine weeks
No tardies in the nine weeks
No absences in the nine weeks
Items included on the price list:
1) Extra Points on Test
one cell phone buy-out (not taken away)
2) Excuse an assignment
3) Borrow a Pencil
4) Bathroom Break
5) Time on computer
6) redo an assignment
7) tardy buyout (1 time)
9) 3 X 5 card with information for the tests
10) listen to headphones while working in class
11) check answers with the teacher’s edition
Ideas for Money Store:
1) Extra Points on Test
2) Excuse an assignment
3) Pencils
4) Bathroom Break
5) Time on computer
6) redo an assignment
one cell phone buy-out (not taken away)
7) tardy buyout (1 time)
9) 3 X 5 card with information for the tests
10)
Others Behaviors - Assignments turned in on time, Turning cell phones off, Not having IPODS and MP3 players in ears, attendance
Price List
Bathroom breaks - $5
Get a Water/fruit - $10
10 x-tra credit points $10
OOPS Re- do assignment $5
Drop my lowest score $10
Free Tardy $5
Free 3X5 card for test $10
Go to the childcare center $15
Other behaviors I would reward:
* offfers creative idea on how to impove lesson.
Other items that I would include in price list:
* free choice day
* drop lowest test score
The price list is a great idea on how to have students take ownership of their actions.
Behaviors:
Complete assignment and turn it in on time
Put all materials back where they belong
Follow directions
Other items:
Extra credit
homework pass
bathroom pass
Reward for: Manners
Good classroom behavior
above and beyond effort
sharing research to answer curiosity
setting up labs
cleaning up labs
Price list: choice of lesson
A day not to dress out
Extra credit point
Excused from conditioning
Tardy Pass
Bathroom pass
Free bottle of water
Drop lowest grade
Time on computer
Redo an assignment
Free Choice of activity
They can bring a drink to class