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Classroom jobs wheel: who does what this week?

Thirteen common classroom helper jobs on a wheel, so jobs are handed out fairly and nobody can say you picked favorites.

Tap, flick or press Space

13 entries

Hide a note behind a slice with a bar: cat | a small furry pet. It shows after the spin. Start a line with an emoji to draw it big. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too.

After a spin

Anyone can come up again. Repeats are fine.

Who's away today?

Tap anyone who is away. Their slice is hatched and skipped today only; at midnight they are back. Nobody is deleted.

Drag the wheel round and let go to flick it. Your flick sets the show. The draw is already fair: your browser's secure random generator picks the winner before the wheel moves.

The contents travel inside the link after the # sign, which browsers never send to any server. Anyone you give the link to can read them.

Space spin, or stop sooner · R new round · M sound on or off · F full screen · Esc leave it

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How to use it

  1. The wheel already holds 13 entries for “Classroom jobs wheel”. Edit, add or delete lines in the box and it redraws; your changes stay in this browser.
  2. Tap the wheel, press Space, or drag it and let go to flick it. The winner is drawn first with your browser's secure random generator; the pegs, the clicks and the big reveal only show it.
  3. Choose Fade the winner or Remove the winner to use every entry once, or Keep everyone in for repeats. “Original list” brings back the starting entries, and Print makes a paper spinner of the list.

Ideas for class

  • Spin once for each student on Monday: write the student's name next to the job on your chart and keep it for the week.
  • Take each job off the wheel when it is assigned, so every job has an owner and none is given twice.
  • Let students apply for a job they want, then use the wheel to break ties fairly.
  • Put the spin on a Friday ritual: the class says thank you to last week's helpers before choosing the next.
  • Print the job list from the box, glue it to a chart and add pockets or clips for names.

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Questions

How do I give jobs to individual students?

Spin for a job and write the student's name next to it. Or put student names on the wheel and spin for who gets the next job on your list.

Can I add jobs of my own?

Yes. Add lines such as Pet feeder, Greeter or Recycling captain, or delete jobs you do not use. Your list is saved in this browser for next week.

What about students who cannot do certain jobs?

Edit the list to fit your class, and always have jobs that every student can do. A student who finds a job hard can swap with a partner.

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