Alrighty.
Here we go -- trying to figure out a better way to entice (sorry, "inspire") my Middle Schoolers into being consistent with their work ethic and responsibility. I saw this idea on Pinterest and am not 100% sure how I feel about it... yet. I used incentives with our daily Problem of the Days (Caught Ya's), but I think the delayed gratification might be more important than the instant reward they received this year (a Starburst or Jolly Rancher). This might provide them a tangible card that could help them practice goal setting (I want to get 5 punches, and this is what I should do), responsibility (but really, what are the odds that they'll be able to keep up with this, versus remembering to bring their books to class), and/or classroom expectations. Might be a long shot, but I have a summer for mulling it over.
The two I've thought of so far are...
My thought here is that these would be business-card sized. The Spelling prize is yet to be determined, but the Caught Ya prize sort of make sense: if they are learning to edit and can fix silly editing mistakes (which is the goal of the Caught Ya), then they might need a "save" in their writing assignments. Chances are, they probably won't need those 5 extra points, because if the process and goal works, they would be reading their papers carefully and wouldn't need those bonus points. Hmm... *ponder*
I also wanted to add a "responsibility" card. OR a character trait card for my advisees... If they can remember 4 or 5 times when they demonstrated our monthly character trait and talk with me about their "events" in advisory, they could earn a punch. Maybe then we could have a monthly celebration if everyone has their cards punched. What would that then look like.... Aye! Summer thinking!
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