Room 24's School Store!

What's all this talk about tickets?

     Kerkstra has been implementing postive behavior intervention strategies (PBIS) since the beginning of the year. We have been rewarding students with tickets when they are spotted exhibiting good behavior or following the Cougar Code, which is be respectful, be responsible, and be safe. At the end of the month their tickets are added up and whoever received the most amount of tickets our of the classroom during that month becomes Student of the Month.

     Here in room 24 we are not only rewarding students with tickets for positive behavior daily throughout the day, but we open our classroom store at the end of each week! The classroom store is new to our room and so far it has been a great incentive for students to display positive, "thumbs up" behaviors.

Here's how it works:

• Throughout the week students earn tickets for displaying positive behavior and following school rules. For example, if a student was caught helping a friend by picking up a book they dropped, they would receive a ticket. Or if a student was caught using kind words with their friends or teachers they would get a ticket. Tickets can be earned by following directions and listening to their teachers too!
• Students use these tickets at the end of the week to "buy" items from our classroom store.
• At the end of each week we gather at the group table and each student counts out their tickets and is applauded for all their good work this week. They then get to shop at the store using those tickets.
• Items on the board range in value from 1 ticket to 30 tickets!
• There are many different items available at the store- here are some examples:
• stickers
• temporary tattoos
• computer time
• snack size bags of Doritos, Pringles
• candy
• play doh
• bracelets and other jewelry
• eat lunch with a teacher of your choice
• walk to the office
• be the calendar helper
• a magazine
• can of pop
• and many others!

Here are some pictures of our classroom store in action!