- Become a helper to the custodian, librarian, another teacher or the office staff.
- Become a class monitor for a specific area of need e.g., hall monitor, room check monitor, tidy monitor etc.
- Helping a younger student with a learning task for a specified period of time.
- Earn points for a class video.
- 15 minutes of free choice activity.
- Work with a friend.
- Wear your ball cap or favorite hat for a work period.
- Read a comic book.
- Show or tell the class something you have or did.
- Have lunch with your favorite person or the teacher.
- Read a story to the principal or to another class.
- Hand out supplies for a defined number of activities.
- Free time in another classroom.
- Receive a positive note for home.
- Pick something from the prize box.
- Pick something from the treat box. (Keep it healthy, crackers, animal cookies, fruit, juice boxes, popcorn, granola bars, marshmallows etc.
- Earn tickets toward free time.
- Free pencil, pen or eraser.
- Positive phone message or email home.
- Free poster.
- Free story for the whole class!(A strategy like this lets others help the student at risk stay on target.
- Earn a cooking day for the class.
- Take the bubble blower out a recess.
- Free homework pass.
- Leader for the day.
- An additional gym period with another class (be sure to partner up with a teacher for exchanges like this one).
- Listen to the radio or CD with a headset for a specified period of time
- Have work posted in the hall or near the office.
- Enjoy a game with a friend or in another class.
- Be the leader for the first gym activity.
If nothing on this list interests the child, ask what type of incentive he/she believes would help him/her to obtain their behavior goals and help keep them on track.
You may wish to use a checkmark or sticker system and have the child reach a specified number prior to receiving the incentive. Have a look at some of the behavior plans here where a marking system is in place.