Students move on the board according to how many homeworks they pass in. I have had little difficutly with getting homework turned in since I used this system. Children tell younger brothers and sisters and my new students are usually excited about being able to play Monopoly. This is a good board for current events. We have almost no Hispanics in our school but everyone knows what this means.
Students contribute current events to the page.
Some are taken from magazines, newspapers or the Internet.