Motivational+Ideas

Motivational Ideas

Popcorn party for good behavior: When the whole does not pull a card during specials, if their are special guests, or any special situation deemed by the teacher the students will earn a popcorn. When the class earns 10 popcorn's then the class will have earned a popcorn party. However, the class can also loose popcorn's for bad behavior as well. Treasure Box: Students can earn a trip to the treasure box for: Fun Activity of Choice: Students can earn a fun activity of their choice when they: Extra Recess: The class can earn extra recess by: Fun Friday: Students can earn a fun Friday each month if they: The options for fun Friday are: Movie and popcorn, ice cream, extra recess, etc.
 * Doing homework and bringing it back all week
 * Bringing their agenda book back signed at the end of the week
 * Not pulling a card all week
 * All of their work completed for the week
 * Have not pulled a card all week
 * No one pulls a card all week
 * All of the classes work for the week is completed
 * Move less than six cards during the whole month

Great Work Wall: Every week the best of the students work from the week will be put up on the Great Work wall for the whole class to see. Positive Referral: Students can be given a positive referral to the office, a positive not will be sent home from the teacher, and the principal will call home/parents/guardians to let them know what a great job their child did.



//Lana Downing, Hanson Memorial School, Franklin, Louisiana, Grade 6// **Name That Book!** Explain to your students how important the cover and title are to a story. Then read a book to your students without telling them the title or showing them the cover. After reading the book, give the children a piece of paper to draw what they think the cover and the title of this book should be. Finally, display the storybook surrounded by the children's covers.

//Diane Cotton, Aiken School, Charlotte, North Carolina, Grades 1-8//
=== **Mystery Reader .** Every year I choose two or three weeks for my "Mystery Reader" project. I send home a secret flyer to the parents to see if they would like to come in and read to us during story time. It can be parents, grandparents, aunts, or uncles. They pick out their own story (usually their child's favorite) and give me a first and second choice of dates. I then make up a schedule after the slips are in. This usually takes a week, and then I send back another secret note to those who responded informing them of their date. The kiddos are surprised and love it. I take a picture of each Mystery Reader reading and send it home with the child in a thank you note. ===

//Carol Lee Restifo, Ridgefield School, Erie, Pennsylvania, Grade 1//
=== **Where in the World?** Give each student a United States or a world map. (Let students select the one they would prefer.) Each time a student reads a book that relates in some way to a state or country, he/she may color that state or country on the map. The relationship may be based on the following: (1) the author was born there; (2) the setting for the book is there; (3) the story began there; (4) it is a book telling about the state or country. The student who colors the most states or countries is the winner and receives a reward, such as an inexpensive atlas or map. ===

//Alice M. Cosgrove, St. Joseph School, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Grade 5//
=== **Readers' BINGO.** Brainstorm 25 to 30 words that deal with books and write them on the board. Give your students 9" x 12" newsprint and have them fold it into nine squares. Then have the students write nine of the words from the board into each of the squares on their sheet. Give them corn or candy for markers. Randomly call off words from the board. When a student has filled in a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal row, he/she should call out "BOOKS!" I give the winner a paperback book. For variety, the teacher can play Readers' BINGO by giving the definition of words rather than the words themselves. ===