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PAPER. OVERLOAD. Do you feel overwhelmed by the amount of paper in your classroom? The less paper you have to deal with, the easier your job is. There are some papers, however, that we must have. Read below to get tons of classroom paper organization ideas for elementary teachers! How
Most papers can be viewed and then the information can be added to your calendar or filed away. However, there are some papers that we find ourselves referencing often. Some examples would include master school schedules, phone extensions, the monthly school calendar or lunch menu, etc. Read below to get
How to Organize Classroom Papers 1. Recycle Stop as many papers from coming into the classroom as possible. If you have a recycling bin near your teacher mailbox I suggest sorting your mail before leaving the area. Recycle anything you don’t need so it doesn’t end up in your classroom
Do you have stacks and stacks of photocopies on your desk? It can be overwhelming! Check out the plan for organizing photocopies and worksheets below and grab a FREEBIE. This blog post will… share tips and ideas for storing and organizing photocopies, worksheets and other student assignments offer a freebie
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
If you are looking for word work center ideas for organizing all of those tiny word study pieces, then you found the right place! 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 systems
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
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
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