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Thursday, July 12, 2012

I Made It: The Student Tracker Board

I got a lot of comments on my last post about this lovely board I made for my classroom:
Ok so I totally got this idea from Pinterest but I can't find the pin now! Aaaggh! So if you pinned this originally please let me know so I can give you credit!

Here's my quick and easy tutorial!

Materials Needed:
- cookie sheet (I got mine at walmart but you could use a dollar store one too)
- round magnets (again from walmart, they come in a pack of 50)
- hot glue gun and sticks
- pretty ribbon
- cardstock or labels printed with "In the Room" and your destinations
- cardstock printed with numbers or names

1. I printed all my labels. I used publisher to make the circles with numbers and painstakingly cut them out.
2. I glued magnets to the back of each number.
3. I glued a ribbon to the top and then the "In the Room" label.
4. I put all my numbers on the board to make sure I would have enough room for them.
5. I glued the rest of the ribbon and labels to make the remaining sections/destinations.

The awesome thing is I never had to explain this to my kiddos! They saw it and just started moving their numbers down when they left the room. In case you are wondering Mr. H is one of our resource teachers that some of my students see and VI stands for our Visually Impaired department.

I hope you enjoy!

19 comments:

  1. Hello,
    Great minds think alike :) I made one of those - circular though for Monday Made It a couple of weeks ago.

    Emily
    www.ilovemyclassroom.blogspot.com

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  2. Thanks for the details on your board. Love it!!

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  3. I love this idea--how awesome to be able to grab the board on the way out the door in a fire...that way you know how to collect your kids and if one is REALLY missing, it's easy to figure out who so you can report it! That is something that I am always petrified about! Thanks for the tutorial!

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  4. Yay! Thank you so much for posting the instructions! I can't wait to make mine!

    Alisa

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  5. Now that you have the circle cutter you won't need to cut them out ever again! :-) Have a great day!!!

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  6. Ready to make this! Thanks for the easy to follow directions! We are your newest followers! Come check us out!
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  7. Did you paint or put material over the cookie sheet?

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  8. I have gathered all of my supplies to make the board but I am having trouble with the magnets being strong enough to stick. Do you think it is my pan?? I have tried 2 different types of magnets. Can you tell me the pan you used? Thank You!

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    1. My pan came in a 2 pack from Wal-mart. They are cookie sheets. Hmmm, I'm not sure why they're not sticking! That's odd. I use the super strong magnets from the Wal-mart craft section - they come about 50 in a pack.

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  9. Is the cookie sheet spray painted or is that material?

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    1. It is not spray painted - just the plain metal background.

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  10. Well I got my board ready, but I cannot get my ribbon to stick with the metal using hot glue, fabric tak, or duct tape! I'm trying to make the handle to hang from. Any suggestions????

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  11. I've got my materials ready... gotta pull myself away from the Olympics to do so.

    HINT: To glue the ribbon, use E-6000. It is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

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  12. the black and white polka dot ribbon that you have hanging the whole thing up...is it just hot glued to the back?

    Mrs. Crouse @ {6th} Grade All-Stars

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  13. Really cute!!

    2nd Grade Teacher
    http://thesweetestthing623.blogspot.com/

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  14. For those having trouble with getting the ribbon to stick, maybe try the patterned duct tape. That's what I thought was on the cookie sheet when I first saw this. Can't wait to make one for my classroom! Thanks for the great project.

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  15. That is something that I am always petrified about! Thanks for the tutorial!
    cool maths for kids

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