Last Saturday, I shared with you one of my favorite summer finds for my classroom - the Pen Pal. In today's Teacher Tip, I would like to show you how I organize my weekly papers and materials.
For several years, every Friday I would copy all my papers for the next week and file them into labeled manila file folders. I had a file folder for each day in a file holder on my desk. This worked great for papers. They were right at my fingertips, and I could just pull out the file and be ready for the day. However, anything else I needed to use {manipulatives, task cards, games, etc.} did not easily fit into the file folders. I started having stacks of items piled up around my desk and classroom.
So this year, I switched my paper organization to something that would also hold larger items.
I bought two of the Sterilite drawers from Walmart so that I had six drawers total. Each drawer easily hold regular size papers. I can also fit any other items that I will need for the day - task card sets, review games, and math manipulatives. I also found some cute labels on TPT. {I'm sorry that I can't remember who they were from. However, I found another free set similar to mine that is just as cute! } I taped them inside the see-through drawer fronts, and so far they have held up nicely. Plus the drawers fit perfectly on my counter!
Now on Fridays I still copy all my papers for the next week, but I slip them into my drawers instead. I also add any thing else I am using for that day. Every morning, I just pull everything out of that day's drawer, and it's all ready to go.
The only thing I haven't been able to fit in there are posters and my Judy clock, but I can live with that!
On an unrelated note, something exciting is happening on April 2nd. I can't tell you about it yet, but I can't wait until I can!!
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