Showing posts with label diy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diy. Show all posts

Monday, March 19, 2012

Organization Ideas

Today I was looking through the pictures on my phone trying to decide what to post about today. I finally decided just to do a hodgepodge of ideas.

This is an idea I got from pinterest. I put an empty toilet paper roll inside a plastic cup for my popsicle sticks with student names. The popsicle sticks stay inside the roll until after I call on the student. Once I've selected a student I put it there popsicle stick outside the roll, unless I may want to call on them again.
Because I've now spent four years teaching science, and have never actually taught reading, most of my classroom books are about science. Just like I have my other books split up by genre, I split my science books based on topic.
I got this organizer from Dollar Tree. It is perfect for happy notes, nurse passes, change in transportation forms, missing work notices, and other small items.
I bought a bunch of used games and puzzles from thrift stores for indoor recess. I am storing them on a shelf hidden behind a grass skirt, also from the dollar store, that goes along with my Safari theme. Goodwill has a lot of good games and toys for decent prices. I even got a huge tub of Legos.
I do not have a closet in my portable for students to put their backpacks. I do, however, have a coat rack. To store their backpacks, I bought sturdy hangers to make use of the coat rack. Students hook their handle handle around the hanger.
So I don't have to pass everything out separately, I keep whiteboards, dry erase markers, and wash cloths in baggies. The baggies currently being used are gallon sized, which doesn't work as well. My favorite was the 2 gallon bags because the whiteboards could go in sideways and the bag could fold over. This makes it so much easier when every student is using a whiteboard.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Vocab Display

My classroom this year is in a portable, and I don't have a lot of wall space which makes it difficult to post vocabulary cards. I actually got this idea from another teacher, but I used gallon size ziploc bags and duct tape to make a vocabulary chart.


I put the top to bags up and down, which was perfect for my metric and customary cards. The other four I put on sideways, making sure I didn't tape over the opening for changing out cards. The gallon size bags are the perfect size for our cards. And there's all kinds of colorful tape out there to make it pretty, or make it fit your theme. I change the vocabulary daily based on what is on the warm up for that day.