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#3,504
D M C said:
...and sometimes a perfect avocado gets you!
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I do something with my students I like to call "Bag of Secrets."

It's basically a review trivia game where the reward is a random item in a brown paper bag. It can be anything from candy to stationery to random crap, including a replacement toilet flap or a tire pressure gauge. The incentive to pay attention is getting to find out just what manner of mystery the grand prize is.

In order to keep the kids from feeling discouraged, I also make sure there's no continuity of "quality" between the winning slots, so third place may get the M&Ms while 1st place may get a can of corn. That way, the smartest kids can't monopolize the best rewards every time and the kid in 4th place will still feel incentivized to try just a little harder on the off-chance that 3rd place holds the most desirable reward bag.

I'm mentioning all of this because the last time I did all of this, the 3rd place prize was a bottle of Dr. Pepper, the 2nd place prize was a box of Sour Patch Kids, and the grand prize was a fresh avocado.

The winner was furious.

--^@
 
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Chicory Blue said:
I do something with my students I like to call "Bag of Secrets."


I'm mentioning all of this because the last time I did all of this, the 3rd place prize was a bottle of Dr. Pepper, the 2nd place prize was a box of Sour Patch Kids, and the grand prize was a fresh avocado.

The winner was furious.

--^@
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For 19 years of 3rd, 2nd, & 1st grades, I always had The Box Of Fabulous Prizes tuck away in the corner!

We'd break it out on Fridays...usually when we played Sharks 'n Jets!

Sharks 'n Jets was an Utterly random romp across the past week...
kids who have more sisters than brothers VS kids who were wearing something brown that day...

An occasional Remarkable answer earned a trip to The Box Of Fabulous Prizes.

A Remarkable answer was determined Soley by the Judge...that was me...(the rest of the week I was the Umpire).

I would be sure to match m up.
The brilliant chillins knew what was going on, and always lent me their support.
Sometimes a wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse...:)



Gawd! I had a Great day subbing in 4th grade today!
The easy part was great, but the hard part was even Better!
 
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the harp unstrung said:
For 19 years of 3rd, 2nd, & 1st grades, I always had The Box Of Fabulous Prizes tuck away in the corner!

We'd break it out on Fridays...usually when we played Sharks 'n Jets!

Sharks 'n Jets was an Utterly random romp across the past week...
kids who have more sisters than brothers VS kids who were wearing something brown that day...

An occasional Remarkable answer earned a trip to The Box Of Fabulous Prizes.

A Remarkable answer was determined Soley by the Judge...that was me...(the rest of the week I was the Umpire).

I would be sure to match m up.
The brilliant chillins knew what was going on, and always lent me their support.
Sometimes a wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse...:)



Gawd! I had a Great day subbing in 4th grade today!
The easy part was great, but the hard part was even Better!
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Delight!

I always used to say that elementary kids could be won over with trinkets while high school kids could be won over with appeals to mutual respect, but middle-schoolers just want to watch the world burn.

After beginning Bag of Secrets, however, I realize how wrong I was-- It turns out high-schoolers are exactly as susceptible to trinkets as the elementary kids.

--^@
 
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Chicory Blue said:
I do something with my students I like to call "Bag of Secrets."

It's basically a review trivia game where the reward is a random item in a brown paper bag. It can be anything from candy to stationery to random crap, including a replacement toilet flap or a tire pressure gauge. The incentive to pay attention is getting to find out just what manner of mystery the grand prize is.

In order to keep the kids from feeling discouraged, I also make sure there's no continuity of "quality" between the winning slots, so third place may get the M&Ms while 1st place may get a can of corn. That way, the smartest kids can't monopolize the best rewards every time and the kid in 4th place will still feel incentivized to try just a little harder on the off-chance that 3rd place holds the most desirable reward bag.

I'm mentioning all of this because the last time I did all of this, the 3rd place prize was a bottle of Dr. Pepper, the 2nd place prize was a box of Sour Patch Kids, and the grand prize was a fresh avocado.

The winner was furious.

--^@
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awesome! I wish they'd do this at work, too!
 
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