Organizing a Task Box System can be overwhelming at first, but having this system in place will save you so much time!
What is a Task Box System?
A Task Box System is a type of structured work system where students match a piece on their schedule to a bin, complete the work in the bin, and continue their schedule. This system promotes student independence.
What do you need to get started?
+ Clear Plastic Shoe Bins (amazon affiliate link)
+ Shelf
+ Visuals for bins
+ Tasks to go inside the bins
How to collect data:
Use data sheets to track student task box data! Using these sheets can track student independence, start and end times, student bins (which they are able to complete) and needs for prompting.
You can download my task box data sheets for free here.
How to Choose Labels:
We have two types of labels available, one for lower grades (shapes, clipart, letters and numbers) and one for life skills classrooms (real object picture matching).
What tasks go inside?
Literally anything can go inside a task box. Do not go crazy over this… ANYTHING CAN BE A TASK BOX. Sure there are some cool ideas out there, but you can make some really cool stuff with things you already have, or activities you have already bought on TPT.
Some ideas for task boxes are:
Some free task box ideas:
SSE Resources:
Learn about DIY task boxes:
How do you teach the task box system?
Here are some picture examples of Task Box Systems in classrooms:
These two systems are using these task box labels.
Structured work systems take a little bit of work to set up, but the end results are so worth it!
Download free Task Box Data Sheets.
