Some students are just quick workers, and during the first week or two while you haven’t gotten to explain exact procedures and expectations for all areas of the classroom, you may need something quick, easy, and meaningful for them to work on! Check out a few of my fave things to have printed and on hand for fast finishers!

love paper centers just as much as the next person because I love the hands-on approach to learning. What I don’t love is spending hours of my personal time cutting and laminating hundreds of math centers, just to have to redo them all in a few years because of wear and tear.