Grade: Elementary
Subject: other

#590. Cheap Rewards

other, level: Elementary
Posted Tue Aug 25 18:14:07 PDT 1998 by Mary K&1 (mmiehl@alltel.net).
Conneaut Valley Elementary School, Conneautville, PA, USA
Materials Required: Various on hand items
Activity Time: Varies
Concepts Taught: Reward Ideas

Cheap Rewards

Be the light switch operator.
Get a pass for an extra Gym, Music, or Art Class.
Be first for everything.
Sit at the teacher's desk.
Be the zookeeper and take care of the animals.
Have lunch with your favorite person.
Join another class for indoor recess.
Get a free milk.
Have bread and peanut butter at snack time.
Have the teacher phone your parents to tell them what a great kid you are.
Draw on the chalkboard.
Use the clay during free time.
Chew sugar-free gum for the day.
Be the first in line.
Do only half the math assignment.
Choose any class job for the week.
Choose the music for lunch. Bring in a record or tape.
Take a tape recorder home for the night.
Use colored chalk at the board or on a piece of paper.
Do all the class jobs for the day.
Invite a lunch visitor from outside the school.
Work on a mural.
Get a drink whenever you want to.
Use the pencil sharpener any time.
Make a bulletin board.
Put fifteen marbles in the group reward jar.
No early morning work.
Be a helper in another room with younger children.
Help the custodian.
Stay in at recess to play a game with a friend.
Use stamps and ink pad.
Write in ink for the day.
Invite a friend from another class into the room for lunch.
Use the teacher's rocker or other special chair instead of a desk chair.
Work in the lunchroom.
Take home a class game for the night.
Sit by a friend for the day.
Move your desk to the chosen location.
Keep an animal on your desk-stuffed or not stuffed.
No homework pass.
Lunch with the teacher.
Operate the filmstrip projector or other piece o equipment.
Use the couch or beanbag chair for the day.
Choose any of the rewards that you want.
Go to another class for lunch.
Use the typewriter if you still have one.
Be the first to eat.
Use the tape recorder and tape a story.
Have a special sharing time to teach something to the class, set up a display, etc.
Be leader of a class game.
Extra center time or extra recess
Read to a younger child.
Read to someone else.