The Good Deed Challenge

It begins with teaching all participants the difference between  doing what you are told and doing a good deed.  Utilizing the good deed  bracelet, participants are encouraged to do 6 good deeds per day and  slide a bead from the clasp toward the medallion each time they  accomplish a good deed.

A large graph, like the one shown  here, is positioned in a central location, such as the main lobby of the  school.  Each classroom is assigned a color and the teacher tracks the  number of good deeds per day, and at the end of the week the class colors in the appropriate number of squares representing their  accomplishment.  It is recommended that each grade level has a given color, but that shades of that color are assigned to each individual  classroom.  In other words, the third grade is blue, but Mr. Smith's  class would be teal, Ms. Cloudy would be navy blue,  Ms. McWeeny would be indigo and so on.  Each class is competing against other classes and each grade level is competing against one another, but in reality everyone is collaborating to reach the school goal of 5000 good deeds.

Students  learn self esteem and good character and the importance of doing their  part within a team effort, but they also learn the value of collaboration.