1. Do this job at a table where you can leave it.
2. Take out one piece of paper.
3. Draw a red barn in the middle of the page.
4. Put the horse and the mule in the barn.
5. Put the cat on one side of the barn.
6. Put the hen and chick on the other side of the barn.
7. Put the ducks near the cat.
8. Draw a small pond. Put the goose and the rabbit near the pond.
9. Do not put the goat on the farm.
10. Put the ram anywhere you want it to be.
11. Put your name on the paper and leave the paper and the job box on the table.

Job 3 Coin Trays 10 trays, coins

1. Put the correct number of coins in each tray.
2. Stack the trays so that they will fit back into the job 16 box, with the right number of coins still in each tray.
3. Put your initials on a card, and put it in the job 16 box, too.
4. Put the job 16 box on your teacher's desk.

I like to use REAL coins. One way that makes helps to keep them in the job boxes where they belong is to seal each coin between pieces of clear packaging tape. I'm still using the set I made four years ago when I taught kindergarten! Once we get into bigger coins, I DO use the plastic or cardboard coins.

Job 4 Tallying canvas pieces canvas pieces, 5 bags, yellow cards

1. One at a time, empty the bags.
2. Use the yellow cards and count the plastic pieces by TALLYING.
3. Write the total on the card. Go to the next bag.
4. When you are finished, staple the cards to your planning paper. Put the Job 4 box away.

I found some lovely mini cloth bags (10 cents on clearance) I also took all the old colored plastic needlepoint canvas from my crafting days and cut it into little squares. ANY little manipulative item can be used for this activity: beans of different kinds, popcorn, metal washers, etc. The idea is to have 30-60 of each item.

Job 5 Patterns with Beads beads, string

1. Do this job on the floor, out of the way of other workers.
2. Make a bead pattern, using at least four different kinds of beads.
3. Write a VERY GOOD description of your pattern. Make sure you have enough adjectives describing your bead so that I know EXACTLY which bead you mean!
4. Turn in your bead pattern AND your description.
5. If your description is perfect, you may keep the bead pattern. If there are any mistakes at all, you must give back the beads.

Job 6 Three Coin Game booklets, coin stickers

1. Take a booklet out of the box. Put your name on it.
2. Look at the amount of money written on each page.
3. Stick exactly THREE coins on the page to show the right amount.
4. Staple the booklet to your planning paper.

15˘         stick three nickels on the page

Make coin stickers by stamping with a coin stamp on readymade labels. This is busywork that you may want to "give" to a helper! Staple together little ten-page booklets with one of the following amounts written on each page. (Okay, I had some long colored oaktag pieces donated so I made up this job to use them up! You COULD take the easy route and just duplicate a worksheet and make the worksheet a part of the planning paper packet.)
THREE COIN GAME AMOUNTS: 7˘    11˘    15˘     12˘    16˘    20˘    21˘     25˘    30˘    27˘    31˘     35˘    36˘    40˘    45˘    

Job 7 Using Shapes shapes, gluestick

1. Use paper from the art area.
2. Make a design or picture, using twenty shapes or more..
3. Glue the shapes to the paper with a glue stick.
4. On your planning paper, write the number of each shape you used.
5. Write a title on your picture.
6. staple the picture to your planning paper.

Our math series had ready-made shapes to "punch out." We use these for this job!

Job 8 Area 10 objects, 25 unit squares

1. Use the unit squares to find the area of each object.
2. Write the area on your planning paper.
3. Put the Job 6 box away
   

Job 9 Twelve States 12 state puzzle pieces
Job 9 Twelve States

1. Take the job 9 box to the chalkboard on the west wall.
2. Ask first if you need to erase the board!
3. Work the puzzle. These twelve states near Kansas!
4. Show your teacher your work!

Laminate a map (the freebie from Scholastic). Cut out the twelve states nearest your home state. Put pieces of magnetic strip on the back. (We have a metal chalkboard so that's why the directions are written this way!)

Job 10 Tangrams 3 seven-piece tangram sets, 5 patterns

1. Work at the math table to do this job.
2. Choose three tangram patterns.
3. Use all the same color pieces to work each tangram puzzle.
4. Put your initials on a card, and leave everything at the table.

Job 11 Weighing 6 objects

1. Find the blue and silver balance in the math center.
2. Find the gram stackers.
3. Take the balance, the gram stackers, and this box to your desk.
4. Weigh the objects in the Job 11 box. Record your work on your planning paper.

Job 12 Crosswords scrabble tiles, grid, graph paper

1. Use the letter tiles to make a crossword puzzle on the grid. Your puzzle should have at least three of your spelling words in it.
2. When your puzzle has ten words altogether, copy it onto graph paper.
3. Be sure to write definitions for your words.
4. Excellent crossword puzzles can be published for your friends in class.

Job 13 United States puzzle 40 puzzle pieces

1. Work the puzzle right in the box lid.
2. Show your teacher when you are finished.
   

Job 14 Arch Blocks 11 arch blocks

1. Do this job on the table.
2. Use the pattern card to help you build the arch.
3. Take out the center piece.
4. Show your teacher BEFORE you put everything away!

I bought a MARVELOUS wooden arch puzzle when I was visiting St. Louis MO. It still fascinates me...and every class has enjoyed it and taken care of the pieces.

Job 15 Make a spider assorted art materials

1. Use the materials in the box to make three DIFFERENT kinds of spiders!
2. Write directions for your favorite spider.
3. Show the three spiders AND your directions to your teacher.

Assorted art materials go in this box: chenille stems of various colors and sizes, wiggle eyes, cardboard circles, spools, pompoms, sticks, q-tips, wire, yarn, etc. You'll be amazed at what the kids will come up with!

A flip book works because the artist makes LITTLE changes on each page. Look at the sample flip books. Then make a small one of your own, using ONE of the ready-made booklets. Show your teacher your work.

Job 19 Matrix Madness: Money! matrix, circles, money cards

1. Find a partner to play the game with you.
2. Play the game in an out-of-the-way place, where others can’t hear you.
3. Put the matrix board between you.
4. Put the cards in a pile.
5. First player draws a money card. Put a colored circle over the number on the matrix board that matches the money card.
6. Second player draws a card. Put a different colored circle over the number on the matrix board that matches the money card.
7. Play until all the cards have been chosen.
8. Show your teacher your board!

Job 20 Classifying thirty small objects, trays, label cards

1. Work at a table.
2. You have thirty objects to sort.
3. Sort the objects into piles according to size, color, shape, or the way a thing can be used.
4. Make labels for each tray, using the cardboard cards.
5. Put cards in the trays. Sort the objects.
6. Put your name on a card. Leave everything at the table for your teacher to check.

Job 22 Fisher Technik

1. Choose one of the models in the book.
2. Build the model.
3. Show it to your teacher.

ANY small building set can be used in this way. Following directions--both pictorial and written--is a great skill.

Job 23 Writing Directions two shoelaces, sixty big wooden beads

1. Make two strings of beads that are JUST THE SAME!
2. Give one string of beads to Mrs. Lawhon.
3. On your own paper, write directions for how to string the beads.
4. Take the beads off.
5. See if someone else can follow your directions.
6. Show the second string of beads to your teacher.
7. If you BOTH do this right, there will be prizes!

Job 24 Volume five containers, 25 unit cubes

1. Use the unit cubes to find the volume of each container.
2. Write the answers on your planning paper.
3. Write the answers like this: 25 cubic inches
4. Put away the Job 24 box.