Here are some thoughts... By M.

1) If you have your desks in rows, give each row a number. Then write each row number on the board. Everytime a row is good, they get a +. +'s could be earned by having all there work turned in, raising their hand, being quiet in the hall, etc. At the end of every day, tally up how many +'s each row has. Then write that number beside the row number. Continue doing this all week. At the end of the week, whichever row has the most, wins. That row is then rewarded a small prize. Maybe pencils that have a design on it, maybe pens with a design on it, notebooks, folders, stationery, candy, free homework passes, extra credit point, or anything else you can think of. Then start all over the following week.

2. Everytime an individual is good, give he/she a ticket. The tickets can just be small sheets of cut up paper. Have the student write his or her name on it and put it in a designated container. There is no limit of the number of tickets a child can receive- everytime they are good they get one. At the end of the week draw 4 or 5 (or how ever many you want) tickets. The people whose names are called will get a small prize. Free homework passes, pencils, pens, and candy work great.

3. Have a bowl with a bunch of marbles beside it. Everytime the class is good in the hall, in the classroom, at another class, at an assembly, lunch, etc. put a few marbles in the jar. Once the marble jar is filled up, the class can enjoy an activity or reward of some sort. some ideas could be watching a movie, a night with a no homework, free time, or extra recess time.

4. Make a bunch of stop signs from red paper. Write Stop on the Stop sign. Keep them in a place were you will always be able to have access to them. Whenever someone breaks a rule, give that person a stop sign to put on their desk. Here is what I do for each stop sign received. The first one is a warning, the second means they have to give a recess and stay in my room and just sit there doing nothing for that time, the third they stay in for recess two days- the first day writing a behavioral contract explaining the things they did to get a stop sign and what they are going to improve on that. I have them sign it and then I staple a note to it explaining to the parents that we need to schedule a confrence. Then I have them bring the note and contract home and have their parents sign it and write a few times that they will be available for a confrence. Once I receive the notice back, I find a good time for both of us and call the parents to set up the final date and time. I also check with the principal and have him come to the meeting as well if he can make it. We talk about the behavior of the child at the meeting, how to improve it, and consequences for not improving it. I have the parents, principal and myself agree together on the consequence. Then on the back of the behavioral contract, we write that down and have the parents, principal, myself, and the student sign the back of it saying that they will follow through. The second day of recess is spent just sitting there and thinking about what they did. Each student gets to give back their stop signs at the end of the day, and start over the next day. The only exception is when they have gotten to the three in one day. Then they have to keep them for a week. If they receive three in one week, I have them do the punishment settle uponed with the behavioral contract. It works really well.