What teacher doesn’t love some ready-made activities, especially those that can be used in task boxes?! What teacher doesn’t love the dollar section at Target?! This teacher is all about easy set-up AND the dollar section! I recently ran to Target to pick up some household supplies and BAM! right in the dollar section were all of these beautifully packaged materials I could use with my incoming students! I thought about purchasing just one of each but then realized that I might want some kids to work on the same skill or thought about pieces going missing and figured two of each was sufficient (and another complete set for my daughter).  Since I needed multiple sets, I found myself on my knees searching through the bins to secure three of each.

These quick activities can target matching skills, time-on-task skills, foundational skills, number recognition, letter recognition, etc. Since the concepts are discrete lessons by nature, it will be easy enough for me to pair them with a sweet discrete data collection sheet. I’m also super pumped that my paraprofessionals and university students will be able to assist with these activities without too much oversight on my part.

So if you haven’t made a Target run lately, I encourage you to go quickly! Depending on your time zone, you might be able to make it there before they close tonight!

-Rhiannon