Today is my birthday. I am usually at work, getting my classroom ready at this time, but my room JUST got emptied today and if they haven't already begun, they will begin to clean it tomorrow. I'm starting to get a bit nervous because I'm planning on reorganizing everything and it is going to take some time.
Since I haven't been able to go into the classroom, I have been getting things ready at home. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I began to get my IKEA magazine boxes ready by gluing a black/white piece of scrapbook paper to a larger piece of blue card stock and then gluing the label that I printed out on top of the scrapbook paper. The result has been very pretty. I'll post a picture of a few of them tomorrow. I plan on filling the bookcase behind my desk with these IKEA boxes to help me stay organized this year. I have lots of things on those shelves that don't really fit like huge binders, plastic baskets with stickers and lots of other stuff. A lot of what's on there now will be placed in a properly labeled magazine box. It will look neat and be easier to find.
Since I haven't been able to go into the classroom, I have been getting things ready at home. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I began to get my IKEA magazine boxes ready by gluing a black/white piece of scrapbook paper to a larger piece of blue card stock and then gluing the label that I printed out on top of the scrapbook paper. The result has been very pretty. I'll post a picture of a few of them tomorrow. I plan on filling the bookcase behind my desk with these IKEA boxes to help me stay organized this year. I have lots of things on those shelves that don't really fit like huge binders, plastic baskets with stickers and lots of other stuff. A lot of what's on there now will be placed in a properly labeled magazine box. It will look neat and be easier to find.
The other thing I've been doing is getting a teacher binder together. I plan on making lots of binders to help keep things in their place and out of a pile. I tend to make piles with my paperwork and I'm hoping that by having plenty of labeled boxes and binders, it will be just as easy to pop the paper into the appropriate box/binder. Along with the teacher binder, I plan to create a student information binder, a parent information binder along with pages to record any interaction I have with them and whatever else I come up with as I begin to organize my classroom.
I'll start posting pics of my classroom next week as I begin to get it ready.