Homeworkopoly
Instructions
Homeworkopoly
is a fun way to encourage children to do their homework! Here are
some basic instructions, but feel free to use your own judgement
and change things around to suit your class needs. We have tried
to leave off negative things such as "Go to jail" in order
to keep this experience as positive as possible.
In order for
a student to play the game, he or she must complete their homework
from the night before and hand it in to the teacher. This is how
the student moves around the game board. If the student does not
have their homework finished, they don't get their chance to shake
the die and move for the day (with exceptions, of course). Throughout
the year, day by day you keep the game going. By starting at the
beginning of the year everyone gets into it and by the end of the
year everyone is doing their homework regularly. Listed below are
detailed instructions for Homeworkopoly
Setup
- To make game
tokens, print off our education
clipart, write a student's name under the picture, then pin
on the board. Rolling the die before starting will spread students
around the board, if you like.
- Game pieces
may be tacked directly to the board, or outside the board to preserve
the playing field.
- Depending
on what version you have chosen to print off the web site, you
may need to write in the street names. This can be fun for your
students as well. If you choose to laminate the game board pieces
you could let the children rename the streets periodically.
- Using one
die will slow their travel around the board.
- Print the
"Chance" and "Community Lunchbox" cards and
cut them out. There are extras if you have other ideas to use
for them. Just write them in! (If you have business card holders,
these would work great for holding the cards up on your bulletin
board for easy access.)
Getting Started
- When a student
brings in any homework from the night before, have them go over
to the board, roll the die and move. Each student will do this
in the morning when their homework is handed in if they have done
the assigned homework.
- The students
will continue to do this throughout the year. It never has to
end.
- Deal with
special spaces as the students land on them.
- Having a
rotating "Game Show Host" to keep check on the board
as students move will make your job easier.
Special Spaces
- MYSTERY PRIZE-When
a student lands on this space, they can pick a prize from a pencil
box or maybe the teacher could have little grab bags with the
mystery prize in them.
- BRAINBINDERS-These
are located at www.teachnet.com/brainbinders
and they are printable, foldable paper puzzles that range from
very easy to very challenging.
- GAME SPOT-The
game spot is used for playing games from your own classroom.
- FREE HOMEWORK-The
student gets a free homework pass for the night when landing on
this space. (Usually not a problem with happening too often, if
so, check it out. Watch closely when moving around the board.)
- TAKE A SEAT
ON THE BUS-When a student lands here, they go to the yellow square
diagonally across the board and sit there. When on this square,
the teacher can have this student read to the class aloud, do
problems on the chalkboard, or pass out milk, for example. These
are just a few examples of what the student could do, feel free
to use your own ideas.
- GO-When passing
go, the student may receive a little prize, such as picking a
piece of sugarless gum or little trinket out of the pencil box
of goodies, whatever the teacher thinks is an appropriate prize.
Last but not least...Enjoy! This board is made to accommodate your
changes. Please send us your
comments, questions or suggestions by email.
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