Our Achievements

As a class, we can set goals and work together to reach our goals. When we reach our goals, we can celebrate all of our hard work together. Why do you think it’s important for us to celebrate our community?

1. Depending on the age of the students and time of year, set classroom goals that allow everyone to contribute and celebrate. Set short-term goals for mini-celebrations and longer-term goals for bigger celebrations. Examples of short term goals include peaceful transitions, using kind words, finishing work on time, etc.
2. Short-term goals can be set in a way that will allow students to celebrate as much as once per hour to once a day, while the time period for longer-term goals can be anywhere from once a week to once a month.
3. Use any system that works for you to keep track of positive behaviors - points, stars on the board, LEGO bricks in a basket, etc. Let students know that once they have earned the points, the points will not be taken away.
4. Celebrations should be non-material and fun! Brainstorm ideas with students and let the class vote on what they want to do for these. Giving students a choice will increase their motivation and excitement! Examples include sharing a group cheer or movement, dance party, online games, etc.

• Which classroom goals are you most looking forward to reaching and celebrating? When are some other times you need to work with a team to reach a goal?
• Do football players work together to reach goals? Do you think it takes teamwork for them to score goals? What happens when they score? How do they celebrate together?
• Is it easy to work together as a team? Why or why not?

For primary school students:

• Show a video about the value of teamwork and discuss why teamwork is important and how everyone can contribute to a common goal.
• Invite students to work with their families to develop goals, recognize their accomplishments, and celebrate them. Students can share their family’s goals and accomplishments with the class if they wish.
• Have the students set a goal to try or repeat a certain number of Kernels or certain Kernels. students can use a tracker to record progress and celebrate when the goal is reached.
• During the celebration of achievements, you can discuss the contributions of each child. Encourage students to pay attention to their own contributions to the goal, and on the contributions of others.
• Younger students might forget the goal they’re working towards or need reminders about ways to set goals. Remind them regularly or with visual aid such as charts.
• Celebrate classroom achievements by playing students’ favorite Kernels.

For students in grades 5-6:

• The teacher can suggest that students set school-wide goals, cooperate with the administration, other classes, and teachers to achieve them, and then celebrate the achievement as a school.
• The teacher can invite students to choose options for celebrating their achievements, that will bring joy and benefit not only to the class, but also to other people. For example: organize a charity fair, a quest for younger students; do good deeds for family and friends; help a teacher, etc.
• The teacher can encourage students to compliment each other on their work when celebrating class achievements.