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WOW Board

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Garima Sood
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Materials Needed

• computer
• poster-size version of Wow Board to use in person

How to Use
Read more about the purpose of the Wow Board here.

The WOW Board is such an easy way to reward behavior, academic


performance, improvement etc.

Print out the page in poster size (you can print to a poster at any office
supply store. Some districts also have machines with this option.) Then,
laminate the poster. This step is not optional. You will need to laminate it to
make sure you can use it again and again.

After that was done, I hung


it on my door and put a wet-
erase marker clipped to the front.
Anytime a student did something
amazing, they got to put their
name on the WOW Board. If a
student had been struggling with
turning in their homework and
then brought it back three days in
a row, they got their name on the
board. If a student gave me a
really cool or interesting answer
to a question that I asked they
could put their name on the
board. If a student was really kind
to another student, they could
put their name on the board.
That's the beauty of the WOW
board. It can really celebrate
anything! alphabet letters.
I would tell the student to put their name on the board immediately
after they had done something awesome. It was a quick "That's amazing! Go
put your name on the WOW board!" and then I would move on. The students
knew to quietly get up and write their name. The students could pick any
square on the board. Some kids put them randomly all over the board.
Some put them in a line. It really doesn't matter.

There are 100 square on their so this is something the entire class has
to work to fill up. When all the squares are filled up, we have a prize drawing.
This is done with really simple things: pencils, erasers, bookmarks. Just things
I had on had hand, nothing huge. The drawing part was fun because it tied in
the grid system I had created using the numbers and alphabet letters.

I used the 1-inch tiles I had as part of my math curriculum, but you could
use whatever you have on had. I went through and marked each tile with a
corresponding square on the grid. When all of the square were full, I'd go
through and pull out 10-15 tiles. I would only call out what the tile said, not
the name. For example, if I chose the tile J5, I would say "The first one is
J5." Then the students would have to go along the bottom of the poster
until they found J and then up the column until they found 5. It taught
them graphing skills without them even realizing it! Sneaky, just the way I like
it!
The kids loved doing this and we usually filled it up five or six times a year.
You could even do it more often depending on how many times you have kids
write their names. It's also easy to see at a quick glance who isn't on the
board so you can make sure to look for positive behaviors from those
students. That way everyone in the class can get on the board.
WOW!
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