[edi581] Homeworkopoly
- From: JerryTaylr@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 23:29:30 EST
In case you haven't seen it, here's a fun way to encourage your students to
complete their homework. It's called "Homeworkopoly" and it's available,
ready to print, right here:
http://www.teachnet.com/homeworkopoly/
Measuring 35 inches square, it's large enough to use on a bulletin board, if
you want to. In order for a student to play the game, he or she must complete
their homework from the night before and hand it in to the teacher. This is
how the student gets to move around the game board. If the student does not
have their homework finished, they don't get their chance to shake the die
and move for the day (with exceptions, of course). Throughout the year, day
by day, you keep the game going. By starting at the beginning of the year
everyone gets into it and by the end of the year everyone is doing their
homework regularly.
There are "Chance" and "Community Lunchbox" cards you can cut out. Also,
there are some "special spaces" they can land on, such as:
MYSTERY PRIZE-When a student lands on this space, they can pick a prize from
a pencil box or maybe the teacher could have little grab bags with the
mystery prize in them.
BRAINBINDERS-These are located at www.teachnet.com/brainbinders and they are
printable, foldable paper puzzles that range from very easy to very
challenging.
GAME SPOT-The game spot is used for playing games from your own classroom.
FREE HOMEWORK-The student gets a free homework pass for the night when
landing on this space. (Usually not a problem with happening too often, if
so, check it out. Watch closely when moving around the board.)
TAKE A SEAT ON THE BUS-When a student lands here, they go to the yellow
square diagonally across the board and sit there. When on this square, the
teacher can have this student read to the class aloud, do problems on the
chalkboard, or pass out milk, for example. These are just a few examples of
what the student could do, feel free to use your own ideas.
GO-When passing go, the student may receive a little prize, such as picking a
piece of sugarless gum or little trinket out of the pencil box of goodies,
whatever the teacher thinks is an appropriate prize.
The game board is flexible. You can modify it to fit your particular class.
Jerry Taylor
Technology Integration Teacher
Greece, NY School District
Web page: http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/taylor
TASK page: http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/task/
"How's he gonna read that magazine rolled up like that? What the..."
---Signed, a fly.
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Class website: http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/taylor/suny/
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