Time Management
Create an awareness of time to help students work productively and stay on task.
• Use time management tools (e.g., assignment sheets, calendars and student planners)
• Teach students how to use selected management tools
• Make assignments in advance
• Use both visual and verbal formats when making assignments
• Break lengthy assignments into smaller time frames
• Monitor progress of assignments periodically by talking to students to see what has been accomplished
• Use a timer as a visual or auditory reminder to keep students on tasks (e.g., kitchen timer, overhead timer, etc…)
• Designate an area of the room to post all assignments
• Share the time frame of projects and assignments with parents and students
• Have students use a checklist, calendar, or other tool to record information and to self‐monitor
• Model how to cross off items on a Things to Do list
• Have students practice the cross of procedure
• Place a daily schedule in the classroom for all to see
• Allow time for students to reorganize and prepare for next activity
• Use signals for transition, (e.g., music, bell, etc…)
• Develop and use individual contracts to improve student use of time
• Establish a school‐wide approach to time management
• Use positive reinforcement to recognize completion of assignments or other improved efforts to meet assignment due dates
• Offer suggestions to parents on how to support and assist in time management
• Use time management tools (e.g., assignment sheets, calendars and student planners)
• Teach students how to use selected management tools
• Make assignments in advance
• Use both visual and verbal formats when making assignments
• Break lengthy assignments into smaller time frames
• Monitor progress of assignments periodically by talking to students to see what has been accomplished
• Use a timer as a visual or auditory reminder to keep students on tasks (e.g., kitchen timer, overhead timer, etc…)
• Designate an area of the room to post all assignments
• Share the time frame of projects and assignments with parents and students
• Have students use a checklist, calendar, or other tool to record information and to self‐monitor
• Model how to cross off items on a Things to Do list
• Have students practice the cross of procedure
• Place a daily schedule in the classroom for all to see
• Allow time for students to reorganize and prepare for next activity
• Use signals for transition, (e.g., music, bell, etc…)
• Develop and use individual contracts to improve student use of time
• Establish a school‐wide approach to time management
• Use positive reinforcement to recognize completion of assignments or other improved efforts to meet assignment due dates
• Offer suggestions to parents on how to support and assist in time management