An elementary school teacher spray painted 30 balls gold and 30 balls red.
Gold = “good” behavior
Red = “hmmm … not so good” behavior
Each day, during lessons and transitions, if the class is well behaved and attentive, Mrs. C will drop a gold ball into the Bingo cage. If a student (or students) are not attentive or act up, you guessed it … a dreaded red ball gets dropped into the cage. By the end of the week on “Fun Friday,” the cage is filled with about 30-40 balls. It’s all about working together in a collaborative team effort.
“Fun Friday Reward-O” kicks off at 2:30 p.m. as Mrs. C walks up to the Bingo cage. The kids are all giddy with excitement with the possibility of winning it big. (You’d think she was spinning for a chance to win a $1 Million lottery prize.) Mrs. C ever so slowly rolls the cage 5 times, one for each day of the week, and one by one, a ball tumbles out … five balls in all.
Read more about how this reward system works on the blog page of our parent company S&S Worldwide.
Share your own ideas for using a Bingo cage in the classroom.
5/21/2015
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