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Getting Started with Reward Tags No comments Behavior Management, Classroom Management, Reward Tags Classroom management is a huge part of teaching, and it shouldn't be complicated. Once you have established an overall classroom management plan, it's helpful to have a go to tool that can be used to motivate and encourage your students to follow the expectations of your classroom. Reward tags are a wonderful classroom management tool that do just that! This post will detail everything you need to consider when getting started with reward tags. This post contains affiliate links for your shopping convenience. I earn a small commission each time someone makes a purchase through one of my links. For more information about my Disclosure Policy, please visit this link. What are reward tags? Reward tags are a classroom management tool that allow you to quickly and easily recognize positive behavior and student effort. The tags are collected throughout the year and added to a chain necklace. Students find them to be highly motivating and fun to collect. Students earn these tags for working hard, making good choices, participating in class, working well with others, meeting goals, making academic progress, demonstrating a positive attitude, following the rules, setting a good example, and more. Psst...students don't have to add their collection of tags to a necklace. A loose leaf ring, as shown above, works really well too! Why should I use reward tags? They are easy to implement and use. They are low maintenance. They provide immediate feedback. They encourage positive behavior and social skills. They make students feel proud. They are fun. Click here for more details. Determine Your Why Once you decide that you want to use reward tags, decide why you want to use them. What I mean by that is identify your purpose for using them. Do you want to recognize effort? Encourage positive behavior? Motivate your students to do their best academically and socially? There are many ways in which they can be used: to recognize academic achievement and growth to reinforce behavior to remember special days and events for all of three of these purposes I personally use them for all three of these purposes. This is just my preference, however. Once you decide your purpose for using them, print out a small selection of tags that meets your needs. So, if you want to focus on behavior, print a starter set of tags that will allow you to focus on reinforcing behavior in a positive way. When I first started using reward tags, I only printed one tray's worth of tags. This way, I was able to see how they would work for me and my students. Once I realized how well they were working for us, I started making more tags and expanding my collection. How do I use them? So, you've decided you want to use reward tags. You have a starter set ready to go. Now what? You need a plan. You need to determine what your reward tag system will look like in your classroom. It's important to remember that you need to adopt a system that will work for YOU. Otherwise, you will have a hard time sticking with reward tags. I am often asked how I run my reward tag system including how/when I award them, how often I award them, when my students get to wear them, whether I let students take them home, whether I track what I pass out, and so forth. Here's a nice neat bullet list of how I use reward tags in my classroom: I recognize both behavior and academic achievement. And on major holidays, my students get a special holiday tag. I pass my reward tags out in the moment, when I see that a student is deserving. When I give a student a reward tag I explain to them the specific reason they are earning that tag. Students are not allowed to ask for a reward tag, nor do I replace any tags they might misplace. I do not track what I pass out. I aim to pass out several tags a day. I do not worry about whether a student earns a duplicate tag, and they usually don't mind if they do. My students wear their reward tags whenever they earn a new one, and everyone wears their necklace on Fridays. Students can add their earned tags to their necklaces during independent work time. They may not get up in the middle of a lesson to add it to their necklace. If a student can't keep their hands off of their necklace (allowing it to be a distraction), they have to hang it up and do not get to wear their necklace the rest of that day. Reward tags are stored in the designated space in our classroom, not inside desks. Students do not take their tags home. They'll likely get lost if they do. The tags stay at school until the last day when they are sent home for the students to keep. If a student breaks his/her necklace, they get a loose leaf ring to put their tags on. They don't seem to mind when this happens. Please remember that classroom management varies from teacher to teacher. Two teachers can both use reward tags, but they certainly do not have to use them in the same way. While I use the tags as described above, a former colleague of mine found that it works best for her to track what she awards and passes them out once a week during their weekly classroom meeting. Reward tags are a very versatile tool and can be used however the user sees fit. Do I need to create student buy-in? You don't need to do anything over the top to create buy-in. In my experience, kids love earning reward tags. They love thumbing through their collection and showing their tags to their friends. With that said, one easy way to get students excited from the get go is to award all of your students with a few tags within the first few weeks of school. You might give them the following tags: First Day of School I Love School Uses an Appropriate Voice Level Followed Directions This Year will be Amazing! Whole Body Listening Expert I did my Personal Best As with any classroom management system, make sure you explain your expectations before you start using it. How do I share my expectations? During the first week of school (preferably the first day if you can swing it), introduce reward tags to your students. This does not need to be a complicated process. No need for parent letters. No need for fancy anchor charts. No pledges or promises to be signed. While there's no need for these things, that doesn't mean that you can't do them. Do what matches your teaching style. :) I introduce reward tags on the first day of school. I go over my expectations and the procedures that go along with reward tags. I do this daily for the first few weeks to make sure they understand how the system works in our classroom. This is always done discussion style. We sit on the carpet and talk about the procedures. The students help come up with specific examples of the types of behavior that might lead to earning a reward tag. I pull a specific tag each day and we use that to help us come up with specific examples of how a student could earn that (or a similar) tag. How you go over your expectations is up to you and your style. We talk a lot in my classroom, so the discussion style intro/review works for me. However you share your expectations, be sure to: Explain what reward tags are. Explain why you will be using them (to recognize academics, behavior, etc.). Explain how students can earn them (it's very important to discuss specific examples here). Revisit your expectations daily the first few weeks of school (you do this with other procedures, this is one of your routines/procedures, so be sure to revisit it daily until your students understand your system). Tell them when they can add earned tags to their necklaces. Tell them about any do's or don'ts you might have when wearing their necklaces. Show your students where they will store their necklaces when they are not in use. How should I store them? You'll need two storage systems. One for the tags you will be passing out to students, and one for the students to store their earned tags. I like to make sure my tags are easily accessible so that when I'm ready to pass them out, I can quickly grab what I need. I store my tags in craft organizers. These organizer trays sit on the top shelf of my bookcase so that I can quickly and easily grab what I need. My students' necklaces are stored in a place that is easily accessible them. This year, they hang on the wall under the ledge of my whiteboard. Each necklace is numbered with calendar numbers (sorry, it's hard to see the entire number above each necklace) so students can quickly and easily find their necklace when needed. The necklaces hang from a push pin. Certainly not fancy, but definitely functional and easy. Reward tags can also be placed on a loose leaf ring, if necklaces aren't your thing. You can also let students store their collection of tags in a library pocket. How do I prep them? Prep is easy peasy: Print Laminate Cut Hole punch As far as paper goes, any kind will do. Most of my tags are printed on card stock, but I recently discovered Premium28 printer paper by HP. You can find this paper on Amazon. It's a bit thicker than copy paper but thinner than card stock. Once it's laminated, it is quite durable. Since my printer recently decided it no longer wanted to print on card stock, I will be using this paper from now on. Do I need any other supplies when using reward tags? Other than paper to print on and access to some lamination materials, you will need some necklaces, if you decide that's how you want to use them. You'll also need something to store your tags in, like the craft organizer shared earlier in the post. Tip: I cut the lids off of the organizers. Trust me, you don't need them. And, I highly recommend the paper trimmer and padded hole punch shown below. Click HERE for tips on how I use the paper trimmer. You can find all of my favorite reward tag supplies HERE. The Do's and Don'ts of Reward Tags Do: Create a reward tag system that works for you. Prep your reward tags during summer so they are ready to go on day one. Make the tags accessible to you and your students. Be consistent so that students remain motivated to earn them. Explain your expectations before you start using them in the classroom. Don't: Make things more complicated than they need to be (always live by the motto K.I.S.S). Take earned reward tags away as a form of punishment. Worry if a student earns the same tag more than once. They really don't mind! A Freebie to Help You Get Started Ready to get your starter set of reward tags prepped and ready to go? Here's a freebie to add to your first collection of tags. The download includes a black and white option too. Simply print that version on colored card stock. :) Click HERE to grab your freebie. Enjoy! :) More Reward Tag Posts Looking for more information regarding reward tags? I've got you covered! Click any link below to be taken to that post. 6 Reasons to Use Reward Tags Raving About Reward Tags Reward Tags {All Your Questions Answered} Reward Tags {Tips and Tricks} Tips for Prepping Reward Tags Where to Purchase Reward Tags I have both full color and black & white reward tag options available in my TPT store. Click on an image to be taken to that category in my shop. DON'T FORGET IT, PIN IT! Share It:

Starting a new job or aiming for that promotion? Track your job accomplishments in your personal Brag Book to help your manager stay up to date and advocate for yourself at your next performance review. Nine-to-Thrive's "The Brag Book" comes as a Microsoft Excel workbook, a Google Sheets workbook, and a Notion template containing four pages to organize your achievements: 1. Projects & Tasks: Document all of the work you've completed and how that work contributed to the success of your organization. 2. Rewards & Recognition: Track any nominations and awards you've received, both big and small. 3. Feedback: Did you receive praise from a colleague or other manager? Keep a record of it to remind your manager of just how valued you are in your organization. 4. Professional Development (PD): Have you received training, or are you taking any courses on your own initiative? Show your manager how you've been upskilling yourself to increase your worth. © 2024 Nine-to-Thrive. All Rights Reserved. We control the copyright and other intellectual property rights in The Brag Book. We retain all ownership of the copyright of The Brag Book in its original form downloaded by you. If we see you have shared our product with a third party or used it for commercial use rather than personal use, we reserve the right to claim compensation for such unauthorized use.

Although I'd love it if all of my students are always intrinsically motivated in class, it just doesn't happen as often as I'd like. For the times when my students need a little extrinsic motivation (or when a student goes above and beyond on their own), I like to have a few options on hand to reward individual students. Rewards for Individual Students A call or email home about the great things the student did in class: This means a lot to many students and is a wonderful way for a teacher to build a connection with the families. I try to use this reward for my most difficult students who don't often hear about the good things they do. You can use this positive note home with your students today. Extra credit: I use this sparingly so the grades are still a true reflection of the concepts students have mastered during the year. Candy: This is always a winner. Homework passes: Students value the time they spend outside of school and are grateful to get an occasional break from homework. Here are some free homework passes I created. Stickers: I'm always surprised by how much middle school students love stickers. I don't know if it is because I get super excited about stickers myself and that influences them or if they just plain love stickers. Also, middle school students like to wear their stickers on their faces (FYI). Books: Even though I teach science, I still like to give books to my students. During the summer I try to stock up on the very inexpensive books that can be found at garage sales. Choosing the music played during class: When students work on projects or assignments in class I like to play music in the background. Students love choosing the music themselves. Just make sure the student understands that the chosen music must be school appropriate. Allowing food during class: In my classroom, snacking during class is generally a no go, so when students can have food they get pretty excited about it. Students can bring in their own snacks, but I don't allow them to share the food unless they make arrangements with me beforehand and bring enough for everyone. When to Use These Rewards As a prize for the winners of review games When a student gives a particularly thoughtful response to a question When a student is spotted doing something especially kind for others Attending tutoring outside of class time Consistent effort during class When a student goes above and beyond on an assignment When a student is particularly helpful to a substitute teacher I hope these ideas work for your classroom and your students! Remember to check out the free homework passes in my Teachers pay Teachers store. Are you a middle school science teacher? Sign up for my newsletter! You'll get a free science resource just for joining.