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Students work at different paces. There’s no problem with that! But what do you do with a kid that is an early finisher?
Ideas for early finishers/fast finishers in the classroom to help keep them engaged. No more hearing “I’m Done Now What?” Improve classroom management with these activities, chart, and system.
Students work at different paces. There’s no problem with that! But what do you do with a kid that is an early finisher?
You can grab these geometric art printable...and let your kids imaginations run wild! A perfect free printable to let the creativity flow.
If you have been following our blog, you might have seen our post about our favorite teacher hack, earlier finisher packets! If you missed it, don’t worry, I will sum it up real quick for you. Essentially, despite teaching different grade, Emmy and I realized we were both having the same Issue. Kid
Are you looking for early finisher activities to keep your students engaged and productive when they complete their work early? Look no further! Here are 20 early finisher activities that your students will love. From creative projects to physical activities, there’s something here for everyone! These early finisher activities will help keep your students motivated and on task while also having a little fun. So grab the supplies, turn up the music, and let's get started with these awesome early finisher activities today! (Some links below are Amazon affiliate links. . .no extra charge for you, but it helps support
Squiggle challenges are a fun way to enjoy the end of the year or any time of the year to be honest! Your students will love this.
Students work at different paces. There’s no problem with that! But what do you do with a kid that is an early finisher?
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Small group instruction can leave a teacher scrounging for ideas and supplies at the last minute. We are here to show you how to make small group instruction less stressful for you, more engaging for your students and more meaningful throughout the year!
I found the answer to early finishers! Put an end to the early finisher challenge with fun and engaging Early Finisher Choice Boards. They are free, too!
The best classroom management ideas for online learning, your daily routine, helping kids manage emotions and setting classroom expectations. Plus, fun new ideas for rewards!
Wondering what to do with those early finishers? How about a fall early finisher pack of review activities for math, ELA, science, social studies, SEL and more!
If you have been following our blog, you might have seen our post about our favorite teacher hack, earlier finisher packets! If you missed it, don’t worry, I will sum it up real quick for you. Essentially, despite teaching different grade, Emmy and I realized we were both having the same Issue. Kid
Finding something for kindergarten early finishers to do can be a challenge! Check out these task cards to keep students learning and engaged!
STEM Bins for Elementary Students “I’m finished! What do I do now?” How many times during our teaching day do we hear these words from our students? Oftentimes, it is much too often, and students are provided a handful of the same options to keep them busy until our next transition. Sometimes students are instructed...
Early finisher activities for elementary school classrooms that foster student choice and student engagement.
Students work at different paces. There’s no problem with that! But what do you do with a kid that is an early finisher?
I found the answer to early finishers! Put an end to the early finisher challenge with fun and engaging Early Finisher Choice Boards. They are free, too!
Keep your early finishers busy with this pack filled with 90 Common Core Math & Language Arts activities to keep kids brains thinking!
Avoid the time trap of preparing daily early finisher activities and choose hands-on tasks like math morning work task cards instead of worksheets!
Finding something for kindergarten early finishers to do can be a challenge! Check out these task cards to keep students learning and engaged!
Do you ever have early finishers? Well, snag Free Time Fun below to keep in your students' desks. They simply pull it out when they have a few free moments! {Right now, I use the BAT Book in my class for early finishers} Fonts: KG Fonts & Cara Carroll Graphics: Pink Cat Studio Can you use this goody? Snag it {here} Slainte!
Choice is a powerful tool for the classroom. Students feel empowered when we offer choices for their learning. Providing students who finish their work early with options that require higher order thinking is meaningful and motivating. This year, I am giving my fourth and fifth grade students monthly Choice Boards. The tasks utilize creative options from the top two levels of Bloom's Taxonomy (create and evaluate) and from the SCAMPER mnemonic, developed by Bob Eberle (substitute, combine, add something, magnify/minify, put to other uses, eliminate, and rearrange). Simple pocket folders decorated by the students hold the choice boards and "projects in process." Students choose activities from the board that reflect their strengths, interests, or new areas they would like to try. *We also talk about other options that are always great choices when they have free time ~ the perennial favorites of reading and writing stories, poetry, and research. Free Download: August Choice Board for Early Finishers TPT The tasks for August focus on timely "back to school" topics! Teachers: Click through the link of your choice above to find the free August Choice Board and try it with your students. You will find a color version and a black line version. Enjoy!
Most classrooms I've taught in have at least one or two early finishers that grasp the lesson quickly, speed through the independent work, and then do one of two things; ask you for something else to do or start to cause trouble. No matter what I was teaching, when a student finished early, I always gave them the same option of what to do while they waited for their classmates to finish: "Go read any book you'd like! Aaaand you can go read in the reading center on the pillows! Yay!" I cringe when I think about that now. Even if it was a math lesson, I still only offered for them to go read a book. Extension menus changed the way I teach and the way those students were learning. Just because they got things quickly, didn't mean that I should have easily dismissed them to go do something else. I know now that they should continue working on the same concept or skill that was introduced, just on a deeper level. They deserve to be challenged and allowed to be creative with the content they so easily mastered. Coming up with extension menus prior to my lessons were a game changer! They're now just a part of my planning. I began to come up with between 3 and 9 different options for my early finishers to choose from. They were free to choose any one they'd like. If two or three students finished early, and one of the menu options seemed like it could be a great group project, I definitely allowed that if they suggested it. Here's a sample extension menu I made for students that finished early work during a story elements lessons with a fiction story. The two 1st grade students that quickly and easily grasped the concepts of identifying the characters, setting, problem, solution, and events in the story, were given these choices to choose from. They were so excited to be working on something that challenged them in a fun way. They were still doing work that involved elements of the story we just read, but they were able to work on a deeper level to show a higher level of comprehension. Some menus I create are more specific depending on the lesson, some are more general (like the one above) and can be used more than once, which is a great time saver. Here is a list of questions I like to keep in mind when making my extension menus to challenge my early finishers in literacy and math. Thinking about your lessons, and planing these menus in advance could be really helpful in your classroom. Making sure my students knew where to find the extension menus and to continue working when they finished early is something that I felt helped with classroom management. My kids were excited to choose their own activities to work on! They weren't goofing off and getting themselves or others in trouble. These menus even motivated some sluggish workers to pick up the pace because they wanted the chance to move on to the extension menus. These menus maximized the learning potential for my students, and helped me to be a better teacher. Have you used extension menus in your classroom? I always love learning from other teachers about how these work in their classrooms! Have fun teaching! - Naomi
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Early finisher activities for elementary school classrooms that foster student choice and student engagement.
Do your students finish their work quickly? Try purposeful fast finisher math activities to keep them engaged and learning instead of busy work.
This free Kindergarten sentence building and writing center is perfect for practice with making simple sentences for beginning writers!
This There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Beginning Sound Activity is a hands-on way for pre-readers to work on identifying initial sounds.
Ideas for early finishers/fast finishers in the classroom to help keep them engaged. No more hearing “I’m Done Now What?” Improve classroom management with these activities, chart, and system.
A 2nd grade fall early finishers math worksheet focusing on creating balanced equations.
Early finishers need activities so you are not scrambling to find something meaningful for students to work on when they complete work.
A 2nd grade summer early finishers reading worksheet focusing on comparing and contrasting.
What do your students do when they finish their work? Do you have to answer the question, "I'm done! What can I do now?" over and over again throughout the day? Do your fast finishers become a
Wondering what to do with those early finishers? How about a fall early finisher pack of review activities for math, ELA, science, social studies, SEL and more!
There are dozens of ways teachers can address students who finish their classwork early. Over the years I’ve had a binder with small academic tasks (including some from here) for kids to cho…
Learn the 5 reasons you need to set up an early finisher system! Find out how implementing task cards can be a game-changer in the classroom!
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Students work in different paces, and some are eager to share whenever they are finished. Others will at that point have quite a bit of work left to do. The "I'm finished"-packs are created to occupy the early finishers. This freebie contains a ten page sample from the growing bundle in the "I'm finished"-series. Find the growing bundle here! The purpose of the “I’m finished”-pack is that the teacher can simply print these worksheets and place them in a “finished”-folder. The students can quietly help themselves to a sheet while waiting for new tasks in the classroom. Students that work at a high pace aren’t left idle, and because of that won’t have time to be bored or become disruptive. Students that work at a slower pace are able to work in peace, without the distractions tied to others calling out “finished!” In this pack you will find 6 samples from: ★ Pack 1 - Color by instructions ★ Pack 2 - Short writing tasks ★ Pack 3 - Color by Multiplication Facts ★ Pack 4 - Drawing based on reading comprehension ★ Pack 5 - Sight Words Search Puzzle The growing bundle works like this; Whenever a new pack is created, you can download an updated version of this bundle free of charge. At least 10 different packs are planned! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• O T H E R R E S O U R C E S F O R Y O U ! ★ Do you need meaningful tasks for early finishers, printables for subs or easily available extra work? The Early Finishers-series is perfect for you! ★ Do you need frameworks for projects or individual research units in science, social studies and more? Look at the Let's Explore-series! ★ Do you need practice pages and extra tasks for math, grammar and more? The Let's Practice-series has what you need! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Thank you so much for looking! ♥ Maren Facebook • Instagram • Pinterest • Free Resource Library •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• If you take the time to provide your feedback I will be thrilled! By doing so you will also collect TpT credits toward your next purchase. Be the first to know what's new in my store:Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Hooray! You will now receive updates from me! :)
An excellent resource for early finishers or for independent work time that requires higher level thinking with SCAMPER terms (Substitute, Combine, Add Something, Magnify/Minify, Put to Other Uses, Eliminate, Rearrange) and words from Bloom's Taxonomy: Create and Evaluate. You will find a color version which you can laminate for durability. A black line version is also included to make individual student copies. Try a FREE Sample: August This is part of a bundled package: Monthly Choice Boards {HOTS for Early Finishers} Looking for the PRIMARY version? Head Here *************************************************************************** Customer TipsHow to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. You will now receive email updates about this store. ***************************************************************************
These free printable sketchbook ideas and printable drawing prompts are perfect for your technology loving kid or teen. Print and go!
I found the answer to early finishers! Put an end to the early finisher challenge with fun and engaging Early Finisher Choice Boards. They are free, too!
