I encourage students to post these paper clocks next to their real clock at home, to remind themselves when to do things. This is especially helpful for kids who tend to be tardy. To reinforce what we know about being safe in the car, my class makes paper safety belts. Students work together to measure their waists with string or a tape measure, adding a hand's width to the waist measurement for fastening. They cut a safety belt from colored paper and decorate it with car safety rules we've discussed.
Kids wear their belts home with notes they've written to their parents about family car safety.
My students help the needy throughout the year with food and necessity drives. I ask parent volunteers to help deliver the donated items. My students really like reading to their adopted friends. Students also make audiocassettes of their stories to loan to the homes or centers. To start students thinking about our global trash problem, I ask them to count the bags of trash their families discard during one week.