Job Wheel

There are so many options to assigning your kiddos jobs each week. I use to have all their names on laminated pencils, then each Monday I would take them off the wall, change them around, and have to either staple or tape them back on the wall. Well....this is MUCH easier and all I have to do is turn it one itsy bitsy turn and WHOLA!!! New jobs!!!! This wheel was left in my classroom last year when I changed schools (along with many other things that I am grateful for each day). All I have to do each year is change the names (plus a few jobs I realized I didn't like and I want to add different ones).

My friend made one of these by projecting the image below onto her wall and tracing it. Easy as pie!!! You could make one as well using your own size of circle. You can make it as big or small as you want. Then it has a fastener in the center. It is also laminated so that it can be wiped off each week.

I promise you will love this! I don't have enough kids to fill in the spaces, so I added my name to a few spots. I look for those "on task kids" and I let them do it at that particular time the job is needed. What way do you assign jobs in your classroom?

Good Grid

A while back when I started teaching, I was told about this idea by a teacher and really liked it! So...I am sharing it with you. I do not remember her name so I can't give her credit. I have seen it in many classrooms since.

This is what I call the Good Grid. Every time I see a student doing something they should be doing, I tell them to go put their name on the Good Grid. You could make it look however you want. I used to have the kids write their names in the squares, but after wiping it off every Friday, it was looking a little worn out. I changed it up a bit last year and did Velcro. This way at the end of every year, I can make a new cut out for the names (with Velcro on the back), and it will look as good as new! Here is what my Good Grid looks like.

So when it is all filled up (I do my drawing on Friday's), I have 2 cans full of sticks. One can has sticks with letters on them (A-E), and one can has sticks with numbers on them (1-5). This is what my cans and sticks look like. Note: your cans will look SO much cuter than mine. I am revamping them this summer. They need some desperate TLC!

When I pull sticks out, I will find the name that matches the letter and number, and that person wins a prize. The kids LOVE LOVE LOVE this! They work so hard to get on the GOOD GRID. I do about 5 names every Friday (you could do more). Any student can get on the good grid as many times as they are caught doing something good! 

Here is what the board looks like with the cut outs taken off with the Velcro on the backs.

I promise your kids will do anything to get on the GOOD GRID!