More Classroom Management: Vistaprint Cards

I always get these e-mails of promotions from Vistaprint for their free business cards and never thought to take advantage of it because as a teacher I feel like I don't need to have a business card.  However, I saw something posted on pinterest a while back of using business cards for classroom management and I decided to make some of my own! 

I made three cards to use in my classroom.  First up, the Homework Expert card:

Students will each have one of these cards and every time they turn in their homework completed by Friday (Students get a packet on monday and they have to turn in the completed one by every Friday), they get a hole punch on the bottom of their card!  Sometimes students just simply forget to take their homework out of their folders to give to me or they will say that their parents forgot to put it in their backpack, so I am hoping that this will make students more accountable for turning it in!

Next up, the Superb Spelling card:

As explained on the card, if a student receives 100% on their spelling test every Friday, then they get a hole punch on their card. 

Lastly, the Way To Go! card:

This is to be used along with the classroom management clip chart that I posted yesterday.  When a student reaches the top of the clip chart, they will get a hole punch and after 10 hole punches they will receive a prize.   

What will the prizes be?  I had success last year with either giving out pencils or coloring books and I will also give students the option of turning in their card for classroom bucks to buy bigger prizes. 

Now...where will students keep these cards so that they are not eaten up by the desk monster that seems to consume endless amounts of unfinished work and pencils?  I picked up these business card holders from Staples (for about $4 for a box of 10).  and students will put them inside their binder in their desk so they can easily access their cards. 

Check out the free business cards from Vistaprint!  If you have any other ideas of what some other types of cards to make to use in the classroom, I would love to hear ideas!  Also please comment if you have any other Vistaprint projects that you created for your classroom! 

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Check out what *Bunting, Books, and Bainbridge* made on Vistaprint for her classroom!