Fast Finisher Board - Do you want a Fantastic Freebie ?

How many times have you heard the question “What do I do now?” It has been the bane of my existence in the classroom for going on 28 years now. No matter how many times I tell the children what they can do when they finish their work, they just can’t seem to do it. I’ve seen these “fast finisher” boards and whatnot around for a while now. But when I look at them, they just seem to hard for first graders, especially at the beginning of the year. Also, a lot of them involve me checking work when it is finished. I just don’t want to make that extra work for myself. I needed to come up with my own version of fast finisher board.

Use this Fast Finisher Choice Board to forever end the “I”m done. What do I do now?” question!

How Do I Get Started making a fast finisher board?

Enter Dollar Tree. Every few days I stopped in to browse around just to see what they have. When I last stopped, I spotted these. (Dollar Tree no longer carries these. You can find a similar item here.)

Those looked interesting. Then the little picture up in the corner got me thinking. I bet I could make a fast finisher activity choice board to use with these. So I got to work and came up with this.

Fantastic Fast Finisher Board

Printing it out at 190%, I carefully cut and lined up edges, glue pieces down, and added some tape. Then I tried the fast finisher board with my class.

How did it work with the students?

It worked great! Now, I have three charts on the side chalkboard. Every morning, I spin them to tell the kids each morning what they should do if they finish their work early. I like the idea of switching it up a bit each day, but there will be lots of overlap of activities as well. I really hope this does away with the “I’m done. What do I do now?” question in your classroom, too!

If you’d like to print out the board, you can download it by clicking on the picture below. Did I mention that it includes an editable component for you to customize the Fast Finisher board to your classroom needs?