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Incentive program for middle school

by sb

Aug 18, 2012

In the past, I used an incentive program for our word wall. Virtually if kids used one of our word wall words in context in an appropriate manner in class, the class got a point. On Fridays, the kids got a scrabble token for each point earned. All my class periods competed against each other and me, and the people with the highest scrabble score at the end of the 9-weeks, got a reward of some kind. Rewards were things like, I would develop a lesson that used music or put on music for a silent reading time or other things like that that were already things I was totally willing to do and that was geared toward education. The kids used the words in their writing a lot and they used the words in other classes. In the summer I had a kid try to facebook friend me. I denied the request, BUT in the message he sent me he used 10 different word wall words. It was really cool to see he had memorized those words so well.

Thing is, this year I'm pregnant. I know I'll be out on doctor app...See MoreIn the past, I used an incentive program for our word wall. Virtually if kids used one of our word wall words in context in an appropriate manner in class, the class got a point. On Fridays, the kids got a scrabble token for each point earned. All my class periods competed against each other and me, and the people with the highest scrabble score at the end of the 9-weeks, got a reward of some kind. Rewards were things like, I would develop a lesson that used music or put on music for a silent reading time or other things like that that were already things I was totally willing to do and that was geared toward education. The kids used the words in their writing a lot and they used the words in other classes. In the summer I had a kid try to facebook friend me. I denied the request, BUT in the message he sent me he used 10 different word wall words. It was really cool to see he had memorized those words so well.

Thing is, this year I'm pregnant. I know I'll be out on doctor appointments and then on maternity leave. There is no way a sub can do the classroom management needed to get 30 kids to agree on a scrabble word. ;) Nor do I want the sub worrying about the reward. However, I do feel like if I was able to set up a reward program that incorporated vocab and class behavior, it may make things easier for the sub. I don't normally do extrinsic rewards systems for behavior (I actually frown on it) but I think trying it out this year may be a good idea to help the sub be able to have some power over them. Most my kids try to please me because they like me so I don’t run into huge classroom management issues, but a sub is fighting an uphill battle and it would be nice to afford the sub an easy way to give a positive motivator and reward. I'm thinking of doing something where they can use the word and get points for good behavior, and maybe when a class reaches 100 they get the reward. That way the sub doesn’t have to worry about the weekly scrabble letters?

Have any of you seen something that is easy to do in middle school?

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