Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Taskbox Time-- Taskbox Organization

Taskboxes are a popular instructional tool that we see in many of the classrooms we coach. They are an engaging way to provide hands-on skill practice. However, since taskboxes often have a variety of pieces and can be large to store, organization can be a challenge. Today we are doing an Organization Station and Taskbox Time mash-up to highlight some of the creative taskbox organization strategies we have seen.


Organization often depends on the type of tasks used and the space provided for storage. For students who primarily work on worksheet tasks, a pocket organizer can be used to organize and label worksheets. 


Wooden cubbies are great for providing individual slots for each task whether you are using taskboxes or file folders.
Robbie Whorton
Trotwood-Madison High School, Trotwood

When open storage is not in use, we suggest covering it to reduce visual clutter.
Taylor Ruef
Stevenson Elementary, Mad River

When organizing taskboxes it is helpful to have a labeling system. Some teams use symbols to label their taskboxes including Ellison cut outs, Boardmaker symbols, or other picture icons. 
Jamie Zimmer
Kettering Middle School, Kettering

Brittany Sword
Valley Elementary, Beavercreek
Marissa Calhoun
Fairbrook Elementary, Beavercreek

Another common labeling system is numbers. In this first example, the teacher uses the same 12 bins and switches out tasks each week. This is a great space saver!
Kate Tipple
Helke Elementary, Vandalia

This classroom numbers their taskboxes 1-5 to make deciding on the order of presenting tasks to students easier.
Kelly Krause
Horace Mann Elementary, Springfield
Other teams decide to take pictures of the actual task to use for the label. This helps quickly identify what is task is in the box and provides a visual of what the task should look like when set up. 

Carrie Prickett
Jane Chance Elementary, Miamisburg 

These pictures incorporate color-coding to give additional information about the type of task and make sorting easier.
Angie Kleinhans
Stebbins High School, Mad River
Here are some additional examples of color-coding to help with task organization.

Jamie Minnish
Prass Elementary, Kettering
Once a labeling system is put into place, many teams use the labels when assigning which tasks students should complete. In this system, they use symbols, letters, and numbers to label taskboxes and then present the assigned tasks to students either through a To Do-Finished format or First-Then board. 
Lindsey Woods
Fairborn Primary, Fairborn

































This team divides students into two groups based on common goals/ability levels and then the assignment is given to each group. Classroom staff sets up the assigned taskboxes using the visual reminder.
Beth Young
Snyder Park Elementary, Springfield

When assigning work, these classrooms use picture symbols which correspond with the taskbox labels and place the symbols on the student's work strip schedule.

Brittany Sword
Valley Elementary, Beavercreek

Marissa Calhoun
Fairbrook Elementary, Beavercreek

Emily Ottmar
Stevenson Elementary, Mad River

For more information on using taskboxes and structured work systems check out our other blog posts:

Or ideas for creating taskboxes check out these posts:

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