Follow with me each day as I post my 12 gifts of Christmas for teachers. Each day will have a tip to encourage engaged learning in your classroom and a free gift to accompany that tip. Here goes the fifth day!

On the fifth day of Christmas, Elementary Ali gave to me…

Five cost-free reward tickets!

Rewards my first year of teaching cost me well over a hundred dollars. I thought that exciting bouncy balls and light-up toys would convince my students to listen and follow directions. It did work. But to my surprise, the teacher next door had cost-free rewards that worked even better! Today your gift is five cost-free (and editable) reward tickets!