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Classroom Rewards High School Students Love

12/13/2015

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I have read a lot of articles that give ideas for different rewards for students; lunch with the teacher, assist the custodian, meet the principal, keep a stuffed animal at your desk, etc.

The problem?  What would be considered a reward to an elementary school student sounds more like the depths of hell to a high school student.  So, I decided to compile my own list of free or inexpensive rewards for students of the older variety.  

I am an anti-extra credit sort of teacher (yes, I know, one of THOSE teachers), but I still feel like there are times that students deserve some sort of reward.  My reward system is really just a way to trick students into good behavior and ease the stress of classroom management.  How?  Make being bad (innocently bad) a reward for doing something great rather than an invitation for doing nothing at all.  Let the kids that do what they are supposed to feel like rebels, let them live on the edge, and use them to keep the lazy kids in line!  

Class games?  A great score on a test?  In class on time?  Helping another student?  Being kind?  Working well in a group?  All of these may be situations when I reward students with one of the following coupons... 

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Nothing will drive your students insane like seeing someone allowed to stand at the door while they are forced to remain seated.


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For your more academically motivated students, being able to ask a yes or no question of the teacher during a test is the ultimate sense of security.  It's not extra credit because they not only have to decide on the question to ask but also on what to do once they know the answer.  Much better for the brain than extra credit!
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Since no high school student can make it through the day on one battery charge, this one is especially popular.  At least they won't be using it while it's plugged in, right?
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At our school, student loathe study hall.  Forced to sit in silence for 30 minutes is the ultimate punishment.  Let them spend that time  being part of your classroom instead.
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Being able to loom over the rest of the students in the ultimate gesture of non-conformity is one of the best rewards a student can get.  Have them move to the back of the row so that they don't block the view of other students.
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Watch your other students look disdainfully at the mobility and plush comfort of that kid in the rolly chair. 
Want your own copy of these classroom coupons for high school students?  Visit our store on Teachers Pay Teachers for this FREE download!
14 Comments
Alicia
1/4/2016 04:53:39 am

Thanks for sharing these ideas! I'll be using a couple of these.

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Steph
1/14/2016 07:10:06 pm

OMG, I just laughed SOOOO hard!!! These are fantastic!!! I think that most of these could work for my Gr 7's as well! Thank you so much for sharing!!!

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Beth
1/17/2016 01:07:27 am

These are great! I am a first year middle school small group teacher with 25 years of elementary teaching. To say middle school is different from elementary is quite the understatement. I will be using these coupons this week! Thanks!

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Kim link
1/17/2016 08:10:04 pm

Why didn't I think of these?! Awesome!

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Kelly
6/30/2016 10:26:02 am

I use coupons in my 8th grade class as well. The most popular coupons in my room are: use a comfy computer chair for a week and listen to music (their own headphones) during worktime.

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Miss C link
7/2/2016 06:43:31 pm

I make homemade scratch-off tickets for my 9th graders. I use many of these, as well as:
-Listen to music during independent work
-Miss C will buy you a soda from the teacher workroom
-Take two pieces of candy from the prize box
-Choose your seat partner for the next unit (I change seats each unit, or about every two weeks. There are two students to a desk/table, similar to lab tables)

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Connie
7/6/2016 04:24:11 pm

Can you please explain how you make your own scratch tickets?

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Holly of Throw Away Your Textbook
7/6/2016 04:45:00 pm

Connie, check out this tutorial on how to make scratch off cards. It's actually pretty easy!

http://www.thewonderforest.com/2011/11/how-to-make-your-own-scratch-off-cards.html

JoAnn
7/20/2018 10:13:57 am

You can buy blank scratch cards from Oriental Trader. You enter the reward in the blank, then place scratch off sticker over the top.

Mary Catherine
8/1/2016 02:53:49 pm

Oh my gosh I am so excited to try these! I could not get my 8th graders motivated to do anything last year, I think these will work!!!

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Felicia
10/29/2016 11:08:24 am

These are great! How often do you give the opportunity to earn a reward? Weekly? Every day?

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Holly of Throw Away Your Textbook!
10/29/2016 01:20:04 pm

Typically I use them as rewards for games in place of candy. I don't do it super often as I like to keep them special feeling!

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Wendy
8/22/2019 02:06:01 am

Thank you! I'm always looking for new "free to me" rewards to put in my Raffle Bucket for my 8th graders. The most sought after are Free Hall Pass and Free Seat Choice.

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desk under 100 link
2/9/2020 07:23:27 pm

the L shaped computer desks are specially designed to bring the user an ample amount of space to hold not only the computer, but also all of its accessories and other working needs in a single table that the user may have

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