Merit Awards
I always struggle to come up with reasons to award merit awards to the students each week. It used to take me ages.
If you are in the same boat, here are some ideas to help out.
Awards ideas to stimulate some thought…
Great understanding of maths concepts
Good one to one correspondence when reading
Correctly identifying his sounds
Writing independently
Sharing with others
Great behavior at our excursion
Great knowledge of …
Helping peers to …
Assisting to clean our classroom
Correcting writing and forming all numbers to 100
Being a safe, respectful learner
Showing love and kindness to their class mates
Using a nice clear and loud voice when presenting news
Completing work tasks on time
Being responsible with class jobs
Caring heart and a friend to everyone
Respectful at all times
Friend to everyone
Helping to pack up activities
Working well in groups
Being a wonderful classroom assistant
Making greater efforts to stay on task
Working quietly and always to the best of her ability
Reading confidently and with good expression
Always eager to help teacher and classmates
Always ready to help her peers
Working independently
Great effort and application to his learning
Making great gains in her reading ability
Great comprehension of texts read
Positive attitude towards giving everything a go
Improvement in effort and application
Efforts in concentration and engagement in learning
Enthusiastic and highly motivated student
Excellent attitude towards learning
Excellent display of math’s skills and reasoning
Is developing higher level thinking and reading skills
Is showing greater responsibility and initiative
Helpful and dependable student
Presenting a thorough understanding of…
Making greater efforts in book work and presentation
Takes pride in his/her work
Displays a concentrated attitude towards all aspects of classwork
Self-reliant and shows enthusiasm and initiative
What are your go to reasons for giving awards? We would love it if you joined the conversation and left a comment below.