I've been feeling the need to spice things up around here, so earlier this week I pulled out my gigantic roll of tickets---you know, the kind that you get at a raffle, where you keep one side and the raffle people get the other. I just left them out to let the kids see them, think about them and speculate what I might be using them for. After some serious critical thinking and some creative guesses, I finally revealed my plan. The kids each got a set of tickets. One says "Keep this Ticket" and the other says "Drop this Ticket." I instructed them that their whole entire goal would be to keep the "Keep" ticket, but I warned them of how it could be taken: disrespect, dishonesty, no name on paper (still a challenge around here), failure to heed warnings given, the regular classroom management stuff. Then I had them put the "Drop" ticket into a container. At the end of each day, I'll pick one ticket from the container. If the person who I've picked hasn't had to lose his/her ticket for any reason throughout the day, then he/she will have earned a prize. Then I pulled out my classroom suggestion box. I gave the kids some ideas I had about what their prize could be, but I then asked for them to add any suggestions they may have to the box. I read them last night and they had some great ones. I added theirs to mine and they now have 'menu' to choose from when their ticket is picked. It's only been one day, but I think it's going pretty well so far. ;)
I started this writing this morning and then forgot all about it. Now I'm running late for dinner plans! So--please forgive the type-os, stay safe and warm this weekend and have some fun!!
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