I'm Done Jar- TBA's most popular post!

This was the first author post on TBA one year ago, and it's still the most popular post on TBA every week. This is also probably the most pinned photo for teachers on Pinterest. :)


Hi Everyone! I'm Hadar of Miss Kindergarten and I'm so excited to share this classroom management idea with you!

First off, Spring Break is the best invention in the whole world! I absolutely love having time to make things and then share them with you guys! So here is the "I'm Done" jar that was inspired by the "I'm Bored" jar Brittany at My Decoupaged Life posted about...

Since the students in my class are never bored ;) I changed the phrasing to "I'm Done" instead. Then I wrote some activities on a popsicle stick and added a picture on the back for my friends who need a little more help reading. I glued the gems on the top just for fun.

Normally, during whole group lessons, I have students who just "get it" and finish their work waaay before some other students even understand what they are supposed to do! Usually, I just tell those students to go look at a book. But I think this jar will be more fun, will help them be more creative and will give them a chance to figure out what to do without even asking the teacher! You can set up the rules any way you would like, but I'm going to tell my students that it is a random pick; they get what they get and they don't throw a fit! One day they might get to color, and the next day they might get to read.

Home educators could also use this idea when one child completes his assignments and is waiting on a sibling to finish or waiting on his parent for the next assignment. This helps avoid wasted school time.

Hopefully once I teach this to my students it will eliminate a lot of "TEACHER, TEACHER, TEACHER, I'M DONE, I'M DONE, I'M DONE" that drives me absolutely nuts!!!!!! 

~Hadar~
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