Easy reward - Big Deal to kids

I used to spend a lot of my own money buying items for the treasure box as a reward for the students. Then I realized there are many rewards the students enjoy that cost the teacher nothing. Here are a few free rewards:

1. Sit at the teacher's desk for two hours of the day.
-This one is one of my students favorite rewards. They love to work at my desk for part of the day.

2. Line leader for the day
-Instead of making this a job why not make this a reward instead. Students love to be first in line and this is a very easy reward.

3. Extra recess (PE)
-PE is required, but something that many teachers don't do on a regular basis because of time. When the students have good behavior I'll keep tally marks on the board. I put the tally marks under the heading "extra recess" but we really go out, play a fun game together, and have the required PE time for the week.

4. Eat lunch in the class
-This is very simple to do and I've learned that kids think this is the neatest thing ever. One tine when a student was eating in the class I overheard her saying, "This is the best day ever!"

5. A positive compliment
- Many times teachers spend all their time correcting bad behavior that we forget to recognize good behavior. Students thrive from positive attention and feel happy when the teacher notices the good behavior.