Today's post is the result of me going CRAZY with all the math games I have been making for my students! I have tried everything from boxes to bags...and I still have them all over my classroom. I decided to keep using my gallon bags for games...but to streamline a bit. I decided to keep 10 games in circulation at all times--and I wanted a way to store them so the students could find them and put ... Read the Post
Classroom Visit Day 2! Classroom library improvements
It was back to my classroom for another half day--and my main goals were to get all my new fabric finished and to get my new labels on my book bins. Mission ALMOST accomplished! The front is ready for "learning decor"! Now...what to put there this year! This is one area of my library...I have most of these bins arranged by series, author, or topic--and I've been adding to some ... Read the Post
Monday Made It: A Little Classroom Organization!
It's already Monday and once again it's time to link up with Tara at... So the first "made it" isn't really much special...but I wanted to redo these from last year and make them smaller. I print, laminate, and magnetize these bad boys and use them for my schedule on my back white board. I really try to be thoughtful about what learning targets I write up by them...I try to focus ... Read the Post
Classroom Library Organization 101!
It's time for another monthly "Bright Ideas" link up and I thought I'd kick off the summer series with something I spent years developing and might give some ideas to others as to how to organize your classroom library. Now this became a necessity for me once my addiction to books became too ridiculous to hide anymore. As my library grew and grew, I needed a way for students (and me!) to ... Read the Post
Monday Made It–Getting Ready for Team Research!
I'm happy to be hooking up with 4th Grade Frolics again for her wonderful "Monday Made It" link up! This weekend I've been working on getting organized for our big research project. Over the years I have tried many different approaches when teaching the research process, but over the last few years what I have enjoyed the most is TEAM research. Rather than having 24 different topics ... Read the Post
Monday Made It and More!
It's one of my favorite linky's---"MONDAY MADE IT" with 4th Grade Frolics! As always, thanks to Tara for organizing and supporting such a great link up. Make sure to visit lots of the blogs who have hooked up this month to see what they have to offer! This week I have all sorts of little projects to share with you...none are cute and adorable but hopefully will be useful to me ... Read the Post
Reorganizing…One Giant Pile at a Time
I know I've posted about it before, but organization is not my strength. I blame it on being creative...I mean--if I focused my efforts on being organized, that would drain away that crazy "I have a great idea" brain, right? I'm beginning to see that the opposite is true. I'm beginning to notice that I spend more time looking for things. More time wondering if I have already finished ... Read the Post