Traveling Nachos

Yummmm.... gross.  So, in elementary school, one of our school lunch choices was called "Traveling Nachos."  What it amounted to was ground taco beef scooped into a single serving bag of Doritos.  The food was actually tasty, but when you think about the name and the concept= very gross.

At my old school, the students had one choice.  At my new school there are 5 choices.  Students can have a salad on Wednesdays, yogurt or a peanut butter sandwich any day, or the other prepared options.  I knew that my kindergarten friends would need to make a choice daily, so I began formulating my plan for operation "lunch choice."

I began browsing pinterest and found this lunch choice board from Mrs. Wright.  I liked the concept and I'm all about using magnets and velcro!  I just didn't know how quickly my kindergarten friends would pick up on having a classroom "number."

A really nice first grade teacher at my new school was going through her room and was giving away things she no longer needed.  I was lucky to receive a 30 count set of these little "Chefs."  They came in a 30 count tub.  When I got them, I hadn't finished formulating my lunch choice plan.  I chose to sleep on it and came up with a plan in my dreams!

When I was organizing my room, I found several things that would eventually use to create my lunch choice area.  I found the lunch tray in my room, whipped out my hot glue gun to attach the 5 clear cups, and added velcro to each cup.  When I was organizing the "stuff" in my room, I found the yellow file box of all of the lunch choices, sorted in little folders with velcro already on the back of each card!  I also found the numbered pocket chart.  I pulled out my gold paint pen (every classy teacher needs a little bling in her repertoire) and numbered the back of each Chef.  

When I get my roster, I will be making new labels for the pocket chart.  Each label will include a student's name and a corresponding number.  My little friends will be able to make their lunch choice daily and I will be able to tell which little Chef belongs to which little kindergarten friend.