Caught Doing Something Good

Carleen Ashworth, a sixth-grade teacher

Found In: discipline, motivating students, student participation

There are a couple of ways I use rewards to help my students stay motivated. First, I use something I call “Gotcha!” If I catch my students doing something good, he or she gets to put his or her name on the back of a paper slip. I collect slips at the end of class, and then on Fridays I randomly draw a few of slips and pass out small prizes (candy, sticker, etc.).

Second, I created a Participation Extra Credit program, which I call a “PECK.” Students earn PECK points by participating during class. At the beginning of class, I let them know what counts as participation and how many times they need to participate in order to earn a PECK. PECK points are recorded on paper slips, which students can then attach to quizzes and tests for use as extra credit. They can use one PECK for a quiz and up to 5 PECKS for a test.

The level of participation increased significantly and continued throughout the year. I was very pleased with the result.

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Annette Scuralli | 2012/06/30

I use something called "Keys to Kindness" in my first grade class. I duplicate a picture of a key and laminate them so they can be used over and over. I punch a hole in the tops. Each child gets a "keyring" (a binder ring). When I catch them doing something kind, they get a key added to their ring. When they have collected 4 keys, they earn a prize from the treasure box. They then return all the keys and start again.

pat cherin | 2012/06/29

i had something we called the GOOD DEED BOOK i had the CHILDREN write in the book when THEY caught someone doing something nice (you couldn't write about yourself) it created a nice sense of community

LeAnne Brogan | 2012/06/28

I use the Caught You Being Good incentive in the Library at Drums El/ Mid School. I hand out small foam tokens, paw prints, stars, and various other symbols. I also utilized Dog Fancy magazine cutting out all of the dog pictures that I could for hand-outs. I wrote an article to Dog Fancy and it was published in their August magazine.

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