Task Box Labels

About this resource

Task boxes children can find and finish on their own. Big, clear labels for your boxes and shelf, schedule strips that show what is first and what is then, and a data sheet to keep track. Print, trim on the solid lines, and stick them on.

EVERYTHING INSIDE (31 pages)

• 26 capital letter labels, A to Z. 3 sheets, 9 to a sheet (one spare blank), each label 2.5 by 3 inches.
• 20 number labels, 1 to 20, each with its number word. 1 sheet, each label 1.875 by 1.8 inches.
• 12 color-and-shape symbol labels (Red Circle, Blue Square, Yellow Triangle, Green Star, Orange Heart, Purple Diamond, Pink Rectangle, Teal Oval, Brown Hexagon, Gray Pentagon, Navy Plus, Lime Moon). 1 sheet, each label 2.5 by 2.25 inches.
• Every label sheet in color and in ink saver.
• 9 blank labels to write a name or draw a picture by hand.
• 24 student schedule strips in 2 color ways (blue and orange): first/then strips and 5-box schedule strips, 6 to a sheet, each strip 7.5 by 1.5 inches, with a My name line.
• A binder organizer set (a cover, spines and tabs): a "My Task Box Book" cover with a My name line, 5 spine labels (each 1.5 by 8.7 inches) and 12 divider tabs (7 labeled, 5 to write your own, each 2.5 by 2.25 inches). Trim on the solid lines.
• A poster for the wall: How I Do A Task Box (4 steps with pictures).
• 2 student pages: My Task Boxes (check each box) and Match the Box (draw a line from the shape to the box).
• Teacher pages: box set-up with tips, a task box data sheet with a blank goal line, a class box tracker, a filled example, a roll-up for the team and a note home for families.
• Start Here, terms of use and a thank-you page.

How It Works

Stick a letter, number or symbol label on each box. Give the child a schedule strip, and match the same label on the strip. The child looks at the schedule, gets the box that matches, does the work and puts the box in the done bin. Use a first/then strip for children who need two steps at a time, and the 5-box strip when they are ready for more.

The Data Sheet

The data sheet has a line for the IEP goal. It is blank on purpose: copy the goal word for word from the child's IEP. Mark each box I (did it alone), R (needed a reminder) or H (needed help). The filled example uses one invented student, and the roll-up page adds up the week for a team meeting.

Built For Little Hands

This Is A Print-And-Cut Pdf With Type-In Lines

It is a PDF, not Google Slides, Docs or PowerPoint. You can type on the set-up page, the data sheet, the class tracker, the filled example's lines, the roll-up, the note home and the name lines on the student pages, or print them and write by hand. The label words cannot be changed; the labels, strips and tabs are for printing and cutting, and the blank labels are written by hand. It works offline in any PDF reader.

Who This Is For

PreK to 3rd grade classrooms, including self-contained and resource rooms, and anyone who runs independent work boxes or work stations.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

Labels, schedules and data pages for your own task boxes. It does not include the activities that go inside the boxes. How you run your boxes, and what your school or district requires for data and IEP goals, are separate.