Reward Beads

Okay, it happens. I sometimes, albeit not often, I have moments of brilliance. I've been doing a lot of pondering about classroom behavior and I wanted to add another tangible reward  to encourage a year of good behavior. Well, I was wandering the aisles of JoAnn's craft store and passed a wall of beads and accessories. I paused, my head tilted slightly to the right while my mind tried to connect to some recess in the mind - and yes - the lightbulb went on! 

Last year, some friends and I walked at a cancer fundraiser. Each time we completed a lap we got to pick a bead to add to our walking ribbon. Doing! Doing! Doing! That's it! For each week of positive behavior they earn a new bead! 

Reward Beads

My sample only has 30 beads 'cause lets face it , I'd never get all 37 beads. 

Here's how it's going to work: There are 37 weeks of school. I will keep a daily log of each student's clip position. At the end of the week, if their clip has stayed in the positive zone each day, they'll earn a bead. With their 10th bead, they also get an initial bead. Hopefully, by the end of the school year, they will have earned 3 initials. Many of my students have 4 names - they'll just have to decide which middle initial to use.

Here's what you'll need:

                    a lot of beads

                    alphabet beads

                    plastic cording 

                           or ribbon 

                           or lanyard strips

                           cut into 15" strips

                    lanyard hooks

I'm going to start start each student off with one bead for incentive. My question is- Where will they keep them?  In their pencil boxes? Hanging near the behavior chart? Any suggestions?