Effort has been given to provide a combination of reward ideas suited for both primary and intermediate students.
- Sit at the teacher’s desk.
- Take care of the class animals for the day.
- Have lunch with your favorite person.
- Have lunch with the principal.
- Join another class for indoor recess.
- Have the teacher phone parents to tell them what a great kid you are.
- Draw on the chalkboard.
- Be first in line.
- Do only half an assignment.
- Choose any class job for the week.
- Choose the music for lunch.
- Bring in a tape.
- Take a tape recorder home for the night.
- Use colored chalk.
- Do all the class jobs for the day.
- Invite a visitor from outside the school.
- Get a drink whenever you want.
- Use the pencil sharpener any time.
- No early morning work.
- Take a class pet home overnight.
- Be a helper in the room with younger children.
- Help the custodian.
- Help the secretary.
- Help the librarian.
- Stay in at recess to play a game with a friend.
- Use stamps and ink.
- Invite a friend from another class into the room for lunch.
- Use the teacher’s chair.
- Work in the lunchroom.
- Take a class game home for the night.
- Choose a book for the teacher to read to the class.
- Move your desk to a chosen location.
- Keep an animal on your desk stuffed or not stuffed.
- No homework pass.
- Lunch with the teacher.
- Operate the projector.
- Use the couch or beanbag chair for the day.
- Go to another class for lunch.
- Use the computer.
- Be the first to eat.
- Use the tape recorder and tape a story.
- Have a special sharing time to teach something to the class, set up a display etc.
- Be leader of a class game.
- Go to the center or your choice during play center time.
- Extra center time or extra recess.
- Read to a younger child.
- Read to someone else.
- Get first pick of recess equipment.
- Get a fun worksheet.
- Choose a movie for the class to watch.
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