If your student loves puzzle time, use it as an incentive for him to fill his behavior chart.
Like you, I never had a ton of money to spend on trinkets, toys, and rewards for the kids when I was teaching. So I had to get creative thinking about rewards and incentives I could use for students who completed their behavior charts.
There are tons of ideas that don’t cost anything. And for the ones that do, consider getting your room moms to help by donating some of the items in the list below like puzzles, pencils, or goodies for the goody bucket.
When using rewards for these behavior modification charts they must be meaningful to the child. Sara might not be inspired to work toward more time with the class pet, but she would love to visit her teacher from last year. So talk with your students and find out what gets them going.
Here are some creative ideas for classroom rewards…
- Puzzle time
- Nice note home
- Eat lunch with the teacher
- New pen, pencil or eraser
- Extra computer time
- Trip to the goodie bucket
- Lunch with friend in another class
- Bring a toy from home
- Extra time with class pet
- Be line leader
- Trip to the library
- Be teacher’s helper
- No Homework Pass
- Sit with a friend
- Visit last year’s teacher
- Play a game
- Gain points for class store
- First choice in class job rotation
- Cool call home to parents about great behavior
