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Motivating Positive Behavior

My students need reading materials, such as Time for Kids World Almanac, along with music and educational games that they can purchase with checks they have earned for good behavior.

  • $521 goal

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

It's not as easy to keep students focused and behaving properly as it was years ago. Today, it takes inviting incentive programs to keep students on track and behaving appropriately in the classroom. Positive reinforcement is what is needed to do just that!

My students are 6th, 7th, and 8th graders in a high poverty town in Illinois.

We are a middle school of approximately 1,100 students and keeping ALL of them on track and behaving appropriately can be a challenge. Our school has incorporated a "blue check" incentive program for students. However, they need to have something to "buy" with those checks!

My Project

A positive behavior incentive program is what we need to keep students behaving and in the classroom--not in the office. This blue check incentive program rewards positive behaviors in those who struggle to maintain appropriate behavior. We need to keep students in the classroom, so learning can take place. If students are in the office because of poor behavior, they are not learning.

Please give us the chance to offer our students some items that will inspire them to behave and want to earn those blue checks!

The more students we can engage with this program, the more students are learning...and thus performing better in the classroom.

Mrs. Crook Lincoln Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Berwyn, IL View local requests

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

30 students impacted 21donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
UB66 - Soccer Ball • Lakeshore Learning $7.90 3 $23.70
UB65 - Easy-Grip Football • Lakeshore Learning $7.90 3 $23.70
HH369 - Magnetic Safety Dartboard • Lakeshore Learning $9.99 3 $29.97
GAME MASTERMIND GAME • Sportime, Inc $14.24 3 $42.72
GAME BOARD CHECKER, CHESS, BAK GAMMON • Sportime, Inc $2.84 3 $8.52
GLOBE 12 INFLATABLE • Sportime, Inc $5.22 3 $15.66
GAME CARD UNO • Sportime, Inc $7.59 3 $22.77
The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart • Barnes and Noble $11.81 3 $35.43
Batman Begins Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes • Barnes and Noble $14.81 3 $44.43
Spider-Man Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst • Barnes and Noble $12.24 3 $36.72
Guinness World Records 2010: Thousands of new records in The Book of the Decade! Craig Glenday • Barnes and Noble $6.83 3 $20.49
Time for Kids Almanac 2010 Time for Kids Magazine • Barnes and Noble $9.56 3 $28.68
Speak Now Taylor Swift • Barnes and Noble $11.18 3 $33.54
My World 2.0 Justin Bieber • Barnes and Noble $8.72 3 $26.16

Materials cost

$392.49

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.97

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$442.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.06

Total project goal

$520.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $520.41

15 Donors

-$519.00

Donations toward project cost

-$442.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$76.65

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.41

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 $0.00

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