Following Directions Made Easy with a Picture Directions Chart

Do you have a handful of students in your class who are like mine?

You know the ones. They listen intently as you explain the task they are to do. They watch closely as you demonstrate the activity in great detail.

Then, as soon as they get to their table, they proceed to open their glue stick and smear glue all over their paper. Why? There is nothing for them to stick on it yet! Others start cutting out their pictures without coloring them first. Sound familiar?

I now use a chart that is PERFECT for students who need that visual reminder of how exactly to do their work. Here is the chart I have hanging in my classroom:

The direction icons can be manipulated in order to correspond with the activity you are doing. Velcro dots are attached to the chart as well as on the icons themselves.

 Problem solved!