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Prizes for Positivity and Productivity
- School:
- Immokalee Middle
- Subject:
- Science
- Teacher:
- Amie Grant
- Students Impacted:
- 150
- Grade:
- 7
- Date:
- July 11, 2025
0% Funded
Only $1,480.00 Needed
Goal
My goal is to establish a positive learning environment through weekly raffles. This will reinforce positive behavior and personal responsibility. This will generate a successful classroom culture for my students by improving classroom behavior and self-regulation. Students will be more motivated to complete tasks at a higher level of participation and making positive choices.
Category
School-Wide, Grade-Level, Or Class Events/Programs - Parent Nights, Honor Roll Celebrations, EOY Events, etc.
What will be done with my students
I have held weekly drawings in my classroom for all 19 years of my teaching career. It consistently has a profound impact on the amount of buy in from my students as well as creating a climate of inclusivity. Students will earn tickets, points or tokens for positive behavior and completing assignments on time and to the best of their ability. They can also get tokens by helping their peers and showing kindness, staying focused during independent work and participating in discussions. They will be able to redeem their points for school supplies, small treats, or toys. This will motivate students with tangible reinforcement. This be a structured system to support behavioral expectations and academic effort. It will encourage students that struggle with focus or peer relationships by rewarding small and consistent improvements as part of my classroom PBIS system.
Students will receive weekly raffle tickets for:
-Standard mastery
-positive behavior
-exceptional participation
-displays of kindness
-performing voluntary classroom duties
-improving their grades
Every Friday ( or last day before the weekend) students submit their tickets with their names on the back of them into the drawing bucket. I typically draw 5 tickets per class. As a science teacher, I have 6 periods of students which sums up to 30 prizes a week.
A typical prize box consists of a variety of single serving chips, cookies, candy, toys, school supplies, and an assortment of other foods and trinkets.
Additionally, I often use my prize bin as a pantry if students are hungry or having a rough day.
Over the years, I have always funded this myself. The frequency of this activity begins to amount to an increasingly large amount of money. I have always continued to do it anyways because of the joy that it provides my students. Anything that could be given will be greatly appreciated.
Benefits to my students
The prizes I give to my students may seem small, but the benefits are substantial:
-teacher/student connections
-positive classroom culture
-increased achievement
-increase motivation to complete work and participate
-accountability
show more consistent positive behavior and self-management
-socialization
-encouraging participation
-FUN!
Budget Narrative
Each item on the list will go in the treasure box for students to choose when their name is pulled.
Items
| # | Item | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frito Lay mixed bags of ships | $200.00 |
| 2 | snickers, twix, variety pack | $300.00 |
| 3 | skittles and starburst assortment | $300.00 |
| 4 | mechanical pencils | $60.00 |
| 5 | raffle tickets | $90.00 |
| 6 | treasure box | $30.00 |
| 7 | small toys | $400.00 |
| 8 | miscellaneous-erasers. notebooks, school materials | $100.00 |
| Total: | $1,480.00 |
0% Funded
Only $1,480.00 Needed
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