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You are inundated daily with so many types of papers. The papers can quickly become overwhelming if you do not have an organization system in place. You could waste lots of time looking for papers and perhaps even miss some important deadlines as a result. We know documentation is important
Here in the northeast, we are in the depths of “indoor recess season.” It stinks. Those kids need to get their wiggles out, but cold temperatures often keep them inside. Anyone else in the same boat? There isn’t a lot of time dedicated to recess so it is important to
Do you have a class set of dry erase boards? As you know, using dry erase boards is a great way to save paper and motivate kids. They sure do love writing on those boards. But managing them can be tricky. Read below to grab some tips on how to
Color pencils, crayons, markers, glue sticks, paint, paintbrushes, scissors… Art supplies are a necessity for every elementary classroom, BUT where can we store them? Read below to grab some tips for how to organize and store them. This blog post will… share some ideas for organizing and storing art supplies
Word study activities can take place as a whole group, in small guided lessons or as centers/workstations. The nature of building and decomposing words and letter chunks means lots and lots of little pieces to manage. No worries though! With good organizational strategies you can create meaningful learning activities that
Classroom storage of any kind is hard to come by! If you already had a chance to read my blog posts How to Store Thematic Units in the Classroom and How to Organize Science Supplies in the Classroom, then you pretty much have the social studies thing covered because those
Science, in particular, naturally calls for a ton of materials for hands on learning experiences and experiments. Where can we store all of these items? How can we organize them so they are accessible to students? These are questions we all struggle with at some point in our teaching journey.
According to the Common Core, students need to “use appropriate tools strategically.” This means that your students need to be able to access materials independently. Let’s be honest. You could easily fill all of your classroom storage space with math manipulatives. There are just so many cool, hands-on tools for
When your students are able to access and return things they need such as manipulatives, it empowers them to take responsibility of themselves and their learning. While it is important for these tools to be accessible, it is equally important for these tools to be organized and stored away so
{Click to access and download: Day at a Glance-Daily Lesson Planning Overview} Before reading through the rest of this, it is important to know that this system works only if you are not required to write one of those super-detailed lesson plans for each and every lesson of the day.
Raise your hand if you heart Post-Its? I love-love them! I love the colors. I loved the way they stick and unstick. I use them for oodles of purposes. However, I found that I was often jotting down “to dos” and then never doing those things because they were stuck
There is no tired quite like a teacher at the end of school day. Your students have been dismissed and your contracted work day is about to end. You are looking forward to heading home because this is now YOUR time. But then you glance around your classroom and are
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