Look at the list below and choose five or ten that you think your students would enjoy. Run them off and make a "2025 Gift Card Book." Pass them out the last day before vacation and you'll have children smiling and "planning and plotting" how they are going to use their gift cards when they return to school in 2025.
*Adapt these to the age and interest of your students. A four year old might be thrilled to choose the book for story time, but a first grader might prefer being excused from a written assignment.
Chew sugar free gum.
Use the teacher’s stamps, pens, or markers.
15 minutes of free time.
Help the teacher do a special job.
Decorate the bulletin board or door.
Sit at the teacher’s desk.
Take off your shoes.
Listen to an IPod or headset while you work.
Take a class game or book home for the night.
Choose a song and lead the class.
Eat lunch with your teacher or a special friend.
Be excused from a homework assignment.
Choose an indoor game to play.
Select the book for story time.
Sit by a favorite person all day.
Choose a board game and play it with a friend.
Hand out supplies.
Be leader of a class game.
Be excused from a written assignment.
Play games on the computer for 10 minutes.
Visit another class in the school.
Work with a friend.
Be first in line for lunch
Be a helper in the office, lunchroom, or in another classroom.
Read a story to the principal or another class.
Have the teacher call your parents to tell them what a great kid you are!
Take a note to the principal about what a great kid you are.
Make something at the art center.
Have your work displayed in the hall or on the classroom door.
One special wish!
*Adapt these to the age and interest of your students. A four year old might be thrilled to choose the book for story time, but a first grader might prefer being excused from a written assignment.
Chew sugar free gum.
Use the teacher’s stamps, pens, or markers.
15 minutes of free time.
Help the teacher do a special job.
Decorate the bulletin board or door.
Sit at the teacher’s desk.
Take off your shoes.
Listen to an IPod or headset while you work.
Take a class game or book home for the night.
Choose a song and lead the class.
Eat lunch with your teacher or a special friend.
Be excused from a homework assignment.
Choose an indoor game to play.
Select the book for story time.
Sit by a favorite person all day.
Choose a board game and play it with a friend.
Hand out supplies.
Be leader of a class game.
Be excused from a written assignment.
Play games on the computer for 10 minutes.
Visit another class in the school.
Work with a friend.
Be first in line for lunch
Be a helper in the office, lunchroom, or in another classroom.
Read a story to the principal or another class.
Have the teacher call your parents to tell them what a great kid you are!
Take a note to the principal about what a great kid you are.
Make something at the art center.
Have your work displayed in the hall or on the classroom door.
One special wish!
