All scholars should have their IDs and the Rewards App live by Wednesday. Please continue to verbally state when scholars could would be earning points throughout the class period. A few examples follow this paragraph.
- After all scholars have entered the room, if the whole class is actively participating in their bellringer, I verbally state (after getting their attention with Texan 5), “Great job, everyone! At this point, I would issue all of you Proud Points for being Responsible and Optimizing your time.” If not every scholar is actively engaged, I would tell only those who would be earning points.
- When utilizing the Texan 5 to bring class attention back to me, I have been stating, “Thank you, (insert name here), for being the first one to respond with your Texan 5. I would issue you Proud Points at this time for being Dedicated.”
- During journal set up, I had a few scholars who were actively helping others when they weren’t clear on instructions. I told these scholars, “Thank you for being Unified by helping your neighbors out. At this point, I would issue you Proud Points for doing so.”
Remember the Essential 8 Word of the month will also be used as a means to earn points. This month the word is “Kind”, if you see a scholar going above and beyond to be kind to another scholar or staff member, please take a moment to award them points when the App is up and running.
Please credit this awesome idea to J Lander!!