Quote from: travelinpantsgirl on December 15, 2017, 09:44:22 AM

I had an almost identical system except in their phonics books that I made for them I put a sticker sheet. Once they earned 30 stickers they could pick a prize from the prize bag. I bought a random bunch of prizes from Daiso, generally only 1000 won items but sometimes a few more expensive ones and told they could save up to get the more expensive items. I only ever had 3-4 of them because most of them wanted instant gratification and couldn't wait for 60 stickers to get the more expensive items. I felt it worked out well. Most of them did their homework, learned something, and were eager to do phonics and English in general. 

Just curious, how well has that worked for you? I tried implementing a reward system this semester for my 3-4th graders and it horrendously backfired.  I realize now I should have made a board on the wall to put the stickers on.  The students just started trading the stickers or giving them to each other.  Some of the 3rd grade boys had no stickers because they gave them all to their "girlfriends."  Are your students just more well behaved than mine or did you somehow stop them from giving stickers to each other?  I also had them put the stickers in their notebook; I figured why not, they're kids and they like stickers, right? Let them see the stickers... Whoops.