• iBucks Banner design

  • www.curriculumassociates.com/Products/i-Ready

    i-Ready is a engaging program designed by Curriculum Associates to help students learn and grow with their individual needs. From their website:

    i-Ready makes the promise of differentiated instruction a practical reality for teachers and students. It was designed to get students excited about learning, and to support teachers in the challenge of meeting the needs of all learners.

  • At North Side Elementary, to better encourage students to actively participate and try their best when completing i-Ready lessons and tests, our Micro-Computer Technical Specialist, Clarke Bowman, created iBucks!

    IT'S A SIMPLE CONCEPT:
    Complete lessons, perform well on tests, and you will earn iBucks.

    THE MORE YOU LEARN, THE MORE YOU EARN!

    The students can then use this currency to buy fun prizes at the school store every few weeks. 

    A student with a shocked face from all of his iBucks

    STUDENTS LOVE IT.

    • Early data is showing that Time On Task (T.O.T.) has increased month over month with average T.O.T. gains of 64% to 175%, depending on the grade level.
    • The average student is currently spending almost 6 hours per month on task while in the i-Ready program.
    • The average score of Mastery tests are steadily increasing month over month. 

      iReady Animal Smiling

     

  • iReady Animals playing with popcorn

  • A picture of multiple different iBucks

  • STUDENTS CAN:

    • Earn a $1 green Common iBuck for completing lessons.
    • Earn a bonus $1 blue Mastery iBuck by passing a test with at least a score of 70%.
    • Earn a bonus $5 yellow Exotic iBuck by passing a test with at least a score of 90% or above.
  • iReady iBuck Poster displayed in the school

  • We have since created SciBucks and Blaze Bucks (for the Math Blazer) to have a unified, incentivization program to encourage students to do well in all subjects, and not just while on the i-Ready program.  

    SciBuck  Blaze Buck