Students who finish early

Cute Ocean Themed Finished Early Octopus from CampCrawford on Shutterfly

One of the most commonly asked questions teachers hear in the classroom is, "What do I do now?"  With this system, the students who finish early are able to look up at the Finished Early condiments board to easily find the answer.

These great visual aids can be found at Sparklebox and Teach-a Roo 

Here is how it works:  All students start out each week with their names listed under pickles.  If the student doesn't turn in an assignment, their name is moved under the ketchup and the assignment needed is listed under mustard.  If these students finish early, then they “must do” that assignment to “catch up”.  If the student is finished early and is still listed under the pickle, then they “may do” any one of the following independent work.

• Read independently, take AR test, visit the library
• Write in Student Writing Journal
• Finished Early Binder 
• Task Card/Brain Bubbles Bucket 
• Complete Classroom Boggle game of the week

 

  This cute schedule card is from The First Grade Parade

Students are rewarded for accomplishing these extra “May do” goals by earning class clams to be redeemed at our Class Buried Treasure for Reward Coupons each Friday. (see my post about that HERE)

These are the things that earns 1 Class Clam:

• 1 completed Boggle Game Recording Sheet
• 5 completed pages in finished early binder
• Completed recording sheet for a Task Card Set
• Completed recording sheet for Brain Bubbles
• Exceeding their weekly AR points goal
• 5 extra (not assigned) journal entries