Thumbs up!!!

I am beginning to wonder how teachers ever managed without computers, internet, printers and laminators... imagine the horror of having to use... books! *gasp*

I've been busy collating my term 2 program as well as some other classroom activities. One of them being the reward system. Thumbs up!!!!

It's really very simple and a bit of fun. The children are 'caught being good' in the context of classroom behaviour, showing initiative, kindness to class friends, great effort with work, etc etc. The list is endless. When the children are observed following these traits they receive a 'thumbs up' and after they collect 10 they can trade them in for a prize from the 'thumbs up prize box'

The thumbs up are small visuals I have printed out, coloured, cut and laminated. I've also thought about expanding this individual reward system based on an idea I got from an online teacher resource site K-3 Teacher resources

Sites like this one were an awesome resource to access throughout uni. Any uni students reading this, read up!!! Assignments can be a pain in the butt I know, however I am surprised at how much those skills I have been using for the past 5 years I am implementing now...! Great 'practice' and gives you a great idea of what you would really use. Don't include anything in an assignment you can't visualise yourself actually teaching. Trust me. You will be thankful for the extra effort now :)