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Bookmarks  Book Marks

A good Early Finisher activity is book marks. I have pre-cut cardboard bookmarks in various colours in a box, a class list on the wall and ...

Special Education Teacher  I have boxes with the children's name, inside I place a variety of activities for them to do, from worksheets, books, games, threading,... with a sheet ...

Wizard's Challenge  I have a wizard's challenge set. It is a collection of cards with the wizard challenging them to an open ended activity.

I have organised them into ...

Early Finishers - eliminate the issue  The notion of early finishers suggests that more capable children are whizzing through the work and then left waiting for something to do.

Teachers ...

Early Finisher - Annie  In the first year of a formal school, it is a given that there will be a wide variety of ability levels and finishing times so we expect and embrace it ...

Early Finishers  For my early finishers I have a file box with take it to your seat activities.

These activities are all self correcting so that the children mark their ...

Early Finishers--Buckets and Books  I have numbered buckets & numbered book bins.

Each child has a number and they have their own bucket and bin. In the bucket are several different things:...

Challenge Folders  I make challenge folders for the few that are really a step ahead. I fill it with reading comprehension (usually on nonfiction topics), math riddles, crossword ...

early finishers literacy and numeracy tasks/games  In my year two class we have several literacy and numeracy games/tasks - some from this website that the students go to when they have completed their ...

Early Finishers - Liz  In my Pre-Primary (Kindergarten) class, I have 6 activities organised over a 3 day period. Each group (of which I have 6 groups) complete 2 of the set ...

Early finishers  I always try to have a flow chart of work/ideas displayed in the classroom, so that my early finishers know exactly what to do next. This may be a related ...

Maree  I have an early finishers book which consists of a series of photocopied sheets stapled together.

I make up 2 booklets - one has more challenging activities ...

Fast Finisher Book  For my Year 3 class of mixed ability, each term I create a fast finisher booklet based on the theme of the term.

I put in find a words, colour by ...

EARLY FINISHERS - Desk Dough  In my Kindergarten class, the children each have their own packet of "desk dough" on their table. It is a small handful of playdough sealed in a zip-lock ...

How to keep fast workers busy in a constructive way  I laminate about 10 coloring pictures. When learners have completed a task they are allowed to take a laminated picture and trace it with a white board ...