Motivational+Ideas

Ms. Marshall uses different strategies to motivate her students to learn. She says that one of the best rewards for students is to have lunch in the classroom. Another strategy that she uses is chips. When she notices that students are behaving well, or get their work done quickly she tells the students to go move up their chip. Likewise, if they are misbehaving or not following directions she tells them to move their chip down. They move their number chip up and down from 10cents down to minus two pennies. Sometimes Ms. Marshall uses small treats like candy as a motivator for students as well.

Mrs. Bradley works in a resource classroom and most of the her students have some form of behavioral problems. Throughout the time that the students are with Mrs. Bradley their behavior is being assessed and at the end of their class time students with good behavior get a sticker on their sticker charts. If students fill a row of stickers, they get to go choose a prize from the treasure box.

Mrs. Prosser has different techniques that she uses:


 * tickets: she hands out tickets to students who are following directions, are quiet in line, are participating in class, etc. At the end of the day she opens the class store and students use tickets to "buy" stuff
 * tickets are also raffled at the end of the day. Students place their tickets in one of 4 buckets with options like eat lunch with teacher, use pen for a week, use rolling chair for a day, and treat. Mrs. Prosser picks one ticket out of each bucket with student's name on it and calls out winners for each category.
 * marble jar: Mrs. Prosser has a class jar with marbles that the she places in there when the entire class has done well during an activity. When the jar is full, the class gets to choose their reward (longer recess, lunch in class, treat, etc.)

Other Ideas:
 * student certificates: award student with best behavior, most helpful, most improvement, etc. at end of the day
 * homework pass
 * class money that can be used to buy different rewards
 * classroom star of the week: Teacher creates a poster with student's picture in the middle, other students write positive comments about star student.
 * class jobs