This is a terrible prize!

I need to catch up on 2 days worth of blogs...and with my class, it's non-stop blog material.

As an incentive for kids to give their parents our 4th grade monthly newsletters, we've added a puzzle to it that they can complete, get signed and return for a prize. I've had quite a few kids bring in their answers and when I handed one child his prize (a pencil), he responded with, "This is a terrible prize. Just terrible. This is a terrible prize!" If you're wondering, it was Victor. See previous blogs in order to understand this child's personality. I understand that a pencil is not the greatest prize, but I am a teacher and funds are limited. The problem was that he had just received a pencil for a prize from a school drawing. He is also working on accepting things and saying "Thank you" rather than a response like the one I got.