Classroom Awards

Don't  throw away those old youth and high school trophies you have won! They are wonderful awards in your classroom for competitions, tournaments, or positive reinforcements in your classroom.  The kids will do anything to win a trophy or even have it home for the night.

 Some of the ways I use a trophy in my classroom are...
 1. Student of the Day or Week (kind, helpful, good listener)
 This is a Traveling Trophy.
 2. Artist of the Week
 3. In the Winter I have various Tournaments in which trophies are won by the kiddos
 4. End of the year- Minute to Win It games

 Before I give away the trophy I remove the plate on the trophy and replace it with a sticker or a piece of paper for the current award. It doesn't matter what the trophy top is, the kids are just excited to have it.

 It is funny when the following year teacher tells me the trophy has come back to school for sharing or "Student of the Week".

 Don't get rid of those trophies, use them in your classroom, but save a few for your own children, because they will want to bring them to  school for their own sharing time to show their classmates!