Coupons

My class talked about the new coupons 'for sale' starting Mondays and Tuesdays. Hopefully it will be a good incentive for them to earn tokens. The cheapest ones are 5 tokens (skip DOL, draw with whiteboard marker during read aloud) and the most expensive is 30 (use the couch for the whole day). That last one got them really excited. Other cool ones: use legos during read aloud, use special markers during read aloud, use a beanbag all day, eat lunch in another classroom. Those range from 10-20 tokens.

Overall we had a decent day. Not the absolute best day, but a far cry from our craziest. The 7-8th graders and I moved the couch and side bookshelves around a little bit. Now the couch isn't facing the desks, so people can't back into it. The whiteboard easel is tucked between the couch and the bookshelf; I'll pull it out when I want to use it. Now it won't fall over when people walk past it! This year it's fallen down more times than I care to count... bean bags knock into it, the couch got bumped and it fell over (domino effect), people were messing around by the legs of the easel...