There is so much to do at the end of the school year! Every year I have great intentions of everything I want to accomplish and then I run out of time. This year I decided not to try to do everything myself and instead give my students tasks to help.
Last week, we spent 30 minutes a day "helping others." I showed my students the website Free Rice. This website has students answer questions in various subjects. Each correct answer earns 10 grains of rice for people in a developing country. While they are working on this, I pulled students a couple at a time to complete a task I wanted completed. This has definitely helped to complete the little projects that haven't been done in years while students not completing a project have a great task to complete!
Here's a list of projects students can complete:
- Check markers and throw away ones that don't work. This includes dry erase markers as well as markers for coloring.
- Check your pens and highlighters and throw away ones that don't work.
- Organize book bins. All my bins are labeled. The students made sure the books were in the correct bins.
- Check the quality of the books. This means looking for rips and missing library cards. I had them put these books in our Book Hospital.
- Wipe down all book bins and bookshelves.
- Pick out all the broken crayons from our community crayon bins.
- Pull the paper off broken crayons. (I use these to make student gifts. Click HERE to see how.)
- Check student supply bins in our Guided Reading area and restock as needed. This gets them ready for next school year. (It helps to have a label with all the items you want inside these bins.)
- Take down posters and pull of the tape/sticky tack.
- Remove bulletin boards and all staples.
- Complete the puzzles to find missing pieces.
- Check all games to make sure all pieces are there.
- Put the August calendar pieces on your calendar before you pack it away.
What projects would you add to this list?
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