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I used a ticket system. I bought a roll of Carnival tickets and everytime the did something good, they got a ticket. They put their name on it and we had a weekly drawing. The more tickets, the greater the chance to win.
I've also done it where they could save their tickets and use them to "buy" stuff. (anything from a small piece of candy for to 10 minutes of extra recess for the whole class)
As far as rules, first check with your school. Many have a set of unified rules they want every teacher to follow.
Involve the children in making the ground rules - if they are their rules, they are more likely to respect them.
Rewards - I use a gold silver bronze scheme. The children get points for positive behaviour/ attitudes. Each week / fortnight, their points are added up and the 5 children with the most points get a 'gold' certificate to take home and their photo on the 'gold' board (could also get privileges for the week), the next 5 a silver, the next 5, a bronze. At the end of the year all the pints are totalled and the top 5 get a bigger treat. They love this system - print the cetificates on my computer and sometimes I give everybody a point - they haven't realised yet that nobody is advantaged by this! You shouldn't ever take points away, but with a particularly difficult class, I sometimes used to "hang" 5 points over their heads and they could lose these.
Your school might have a school-wide system for you to use or there is a published scheme called 'golden time' which I have found to be incredibly effective and which can run alongside the reward scheme.
I like the ticket system but instead of "tickets" let the kids make there own. Get some card stock, cut it in half hot dog style so you have two long pieces of it. Then cut those into 4 sections. On the first day, give each child one and say they get to design it however they want...but appropriate. Then as a class come up with a list of materials/special privledges that they can buy with the classroom money. You come up with the prices, not the kids. That worked very well for the class I was in last year.
Some rules/rewards: NO bathroom or drink of water for 1/2 hour after a recess.or 5 tickets to go early...so that they learn responsibility.
Pens, pencils, miss 1 homework assignment, etc. and then more valuable thing to buy, the more tickets it will cost.
Also i had it if, the students were leaning back in their chair, they lost it. But the could buy it back for 20 tickets. Also if they went in trouble anad were to be sent out of class, they could buy there way out but they also had to change their behavior. And if they didn't, they had to pay and leave class.
I have a few things that I do.
1. I do use raffle tickets for independent rewards. (silly stuff and homework passes)
2. I have a word of the week usually a big vocabulary word with 8 or 9 letters. When the kids are working really hard they earn a letter. If they're being obnoxious they lose one. If they earn the whole word by Friday I give them a little extra free time. Yes, this is a whole group thing but I find that a little social pressure is a good thing. Plus, the kids have a great time trying to figure out the word.
For Rules I set out six pieces of chart paper on the first day with different words on them. I put them around the room or give them to groups, depending. On each paper is a quality that I find important; leadership, safety, community, responsibility...ect. Each kid gets a marker and they write on the chart paper actions or responses to the word. Sometimes I do a silent gallery walk where kids can wander around and respond to any of the posters, they MUST be totally silent.
The next part of the activity is that we look at all the papers and hi-light great ideas or actions. Then we work as a group to narrow down each page to a sentence or two and create a class constitution. This is a great shared writing experience. It gets the kids to create their own rules and guidelines for how they want to be treated with some guidance from me. We all sign it when we're done and post it in the room. I also send a copy home.
As for the nitty gritty stuff...bathroom trips, pencil sharpening ect... those are procedures, they are not negotiable, just lay them out, teach them, and reinforce them every day. "Catch them being good."
You can email me at kmuhtaris@yahoo.com if you want more details or have other questions.
be safe
be respectful
be responsible
have the 3 b's and have the students give you examples of those
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