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megann831 · August 2010

I'm making a job board bulletin board for a 7th grade language arts class, any ideas on a title? I'm thinking something like busy bees, but its a lady bug theme so that wouldn't work

hklinger · August 2010

Frankly, I think 7th grade is too old for jobs and a ladybug theme for that matter. I have taught 7th grade for the past couple of years and I have never done that. What I would do is if you need someone to do something just pick someone responsible or put all of their names on a popsicle stick and pick one out randomly.

OUKatie · August 2010

browneyed bride:
Frankly, I think 7th grade is too old for jobs and a ladybug theme for that matter. I have taught 7th grade for the past couple of years and I have never done that. What I would do is if you need someone to do something just pick someone responsible or put all of their names on a popsicle stick and pick one out randomly.

I agree with browneyed bride. I teach 5th and that is too babyish for them.

kirkette · August 2010

OUKatie:
browneyed bride:
Frankly, I think 7th grade is too old for jobs and a ladybug theme for that matter. I have taught 7th grade for the past couple of years and I have never done that. What I would do is if you need someone to do something just pick someone responsible or put all of their names on a popsicle stick and pick one out randomly.
I agree with browneyed bride. I teach 5th and that is too babyish for them.

I agree.I teach 6th, 7th, and 8th. I usually ask a class officer to do the job, or other responsible students.

megann831 · August 2010

well my administrators feel differently and this is what they want, they feel it promotes responsibility. Actually when I tried it last year the kids really enjoyed it, they liked having a role in the class.

Southernbell186 · August 2010

I understand that your admin wants the boards, but to me(I teach 6th and 7th grade) the busy bees/ladybugs theme is too elementary. My kids would never go for it. Do they want you to theme it? The teacher next door has jobs(art class with lots of responsibilities and job opportunities) and she has hers with an Office theme. She has a big picture of Michael in the middle and has them by departments with a different character "in charge" of the "departments". It works a lot better with her 7th and 8th graders who are into that show. I think she has, brush and materials to hand out and collect, cleaning the tables, collecting any papers that are due or being assigned, etc.

BakerMommy · August 2010

My 5th graders had jobs, and the poster just said "Jobs" at the top. I agree with PPs that the themes are a little juvenile for middle schoolers, but I think that having a job and responsibility to the class is a great motivator (especially when a "paycheck" in a classroom economy is attached).

MariaIsMarried · August 2010

Spotted Helping Out

I know that some of my DH's high school students would enjoy this..

JenniatONU · September 2010

One that I saw done during an observation was based off of the government structure, and stressed the importance of checks and balances!

However- I can't remember much else about it. Sorry!

Ginger Le Coeur · September 2010

I think kids like feeling needed/responsible. I teach K-5 and I always crack up when my fifth graders ask me why I never use my puppets with them. As teachers, we need to remember that as adults, we love being kids sometimes... our "older students" need a chance to be "kids" too.

I'm not sure I can come up with a cute bug related theme, but I think having a jobs board is great. Many of the other suggestions could stop learning. If you have assigned jobs, classroom management might be smoother once students learn the routine and the classroom procedures.

I might try to be a bit snarky with the job board, or maybe put it in different language. (I also might have gone with a monkey theme, but that's my personal preference.)

erbear · September 2010

browneyed bride:
Frankly, I think 7th grade is too old for jobs and a ladybug theme for that matter. I have taught 7th grade for the past couple of years and I have never done that. What I would do is if you need someone to do something just pick someone responsible or put all of their names on a popsicle stick and pick one out randomly.

I agree with the others. Too babyish. You can have them do jobs and promote responsibility without treating them like 2nd graders.

shengmaliya · August 2011

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