Being a first year special education teacher, I have found myself using the trial and error method over and over again. Because I currently work in a full inclusion school, I find myself chasing my students around trying to get them to turn in their missing assignments. What I have found that works the best with having my students to stay on top of their grades is having my pizza party reward system set up. All of my kids know that if they can keep all of their grades a C or above they will get to participate in our pizza party at the end of the quarter. I know that this sounds like such a small thing, but for a bunch of 9th graders food can be the motivator for almost ANYTHING!

I chose to use a pizza pan for the base of the chart. I mean its for a pizza party....it only makes sense, right? :) I made the name tags look like pizza because, again, it's a stinkin' pizza party. It makes sense! (To download the editable versions of the name tags for free, click on the following link:)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B34-fBjybmhYcTRjYjU2VHU3ZzQ/view?usp=sharing

My absolute favorite part about this project is that, because the pizza pan is metal, it's magnetic. Having magnets on the back of the pizza slices make it so easy to take the names on and off as the weeks go on. 

My students love coming in each week to check to make sure that their name is still up on the chart. It has been a good starting place for me to try to implement other things to help my students self regulate their own grades instead of me having to chase them down several times a week. Try it yourself and let me know how is works for you! :)