Getting Organized

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Saturday, October 28, 2017

Getting Organized: Project Trays

A duad of weeks ago, my hubby as well as I had to elbow grease to a nearby town to view our credit union. This town happens to convey a Dollar Tree, as well as therefore nosotros decided to halt in. We weren't looking for anything inwards particular, but that's never stopped us before! :)

I was hoping that at that spot mightiness hold out around kind of organizer that would concur missive of the alphabet sized paper. After walking downwards the aisle total of organizing baskets, I idea I was out of luck. Then, Shaun spotted around paper-sized baskets inwards a totally unrelated section. I decided these would hold out PERFECT for putting supplies together for diverse activities.

I ended upward buying 8 of these baskets. Here are half-dozen of them on my dorsum counter waiting for me to trace out the needed materials for time to come activities.


One of the baskets is currently sitting on my desk, as well as the 8th handbasket is sitting inwards my husband's room. 


I experience as well as therefore much improve nearly having supplies out on the counter when they are inwards 1 of these baskets instead of merely sitting out. These were super useful for the showtime calendar week of classes since I had as well as therefore many dissimilar activities going on amongst dissimilar supplies!

Here are our supplies for the marshmallow challenge. 


These 2 baskets convey cups, rubberbands, as well as string for the loving cup stacking challenge as well as paper increment mindset challenges. 


These are definitely worth the $8 investment!

Organizing xi 10 17 Dry Erase Activities

Over the by twelvemonth or so, I've made quite a few activities for my classroom that role 11 x 17 carte stock (affiliate links including links below!). Often, this carte stock ends upwardly getting placed inwards the amazingly useful 11 x 17 dry out erase pockets  I purchased from Amazon. I've flora that 9 x 12 dry out erase pockets (which jibe missive of the alphabet sized paper) is perfect for students working alone. When students are working inwards groups, they actually involve the extra infinite that 11 x 17 dry out erase pockets provide.

Here are roughly examples:

Venn Diagrams


Periodic Table of Mistakes


Identifying Outliers


Can You Level the Towers?


Simplifying Radicals


Farkle Score Sheets


After I took these activities out of the dry out erase pockets to brand means for novel activities, I wasn't certain precisely what to create amongst them. I couldn't merely stick them inwards a file folder!

When I moved into my novel classroom this summer, they ended upwardly beingness stuck inwards a cabinet. Last week, I live on decided to create something near them.

I took a re-create newspaper box from the office. It's the exact length needed for eleven x 17 paper!


Then, I used a binder clip to jibe together multiple copies of the same activity. I stuck a post-it banking concern annotation to each packet amongst the lift together with alphabetized them inwards my box. 


Hopefully it volition live much easier to notice them forthwith when I desire to reuse them!

Organizing Teaching Mementos

Since I started teaching, I convey kept all of the notes in addition to pictures from students. When I'm having a bad day, I tin expect through these in addition to recall why it is I create this crazy undertaking on a daily basis. Until recently, these convey lived inward an over-flowing file folder.


When I was inward Oklahoma City for the Teacher of the Year Ceremony, I picked upwards a decorative box at Tuesday Morning. I had 2 requirements when looking for a box: the box had to convey a cute design, in addition to the box had to concur letter-sized paper.


Now my pedagogy mementos are easier to expect through in addition to cute when sitting on the shelf!


Epiphany: Answer Key Binder together with Stickers

Do you lot ever bring an visit that you lot are in addition to therefore excited most until you lot realize that you lot should bring visit of it years ago? Last year, this visit was an respond telephone substitution binder that I blogged most here.


This year, I'm continuing my respond telephone substitution binder because I straight off can't imagine instruction without one! But, my novel regain is related to stickers.

I role SBG, in addition to I position a sticker on the quizzes of students who earn a perfect grade (4) on their starting fourth dimension attempt. I bring e'er stored these stickers inwards my desk. I oft bring to dig around for a piece inwards my desk to abide by my stickers when I request them.

This gain is in addition to therefore easy, I'm embarrassed I didn't intend of it sooner. I tin continue my stickers inwards the front end steal of my respond telephone substitution binder! Now I e'er bring stickers when I'm grading. And, I've spent in addition to therefore much fourth dimension looking for stickers!