#TeachChat Archive: Last-Minute Classroom Organization Tips – August 22, 2012
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#TeachChat – Last Minute Classroom Organization Tips and Tricks
ReallyGoodStuff Have a fabulous night and thank you again! Warm wishes to you all! Goodnight! ~Brandi #TeachChat -10:02 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 AllisonHep@ReallyGoodStuff Thank you! #TeachChat -10:01 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal Happy Early Bday ReallyGoodStuff I hope you all have a FANTASTIC start to your school year! #TeachChat -10:01 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer I am looking forward to shopping with one of my gifts from RGS #teachchat -10:01 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal As do YOU! RT @ReallyGoodStuff: You make my job even more amazing and fun and I appreciate you all! #teachchat -10:01 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 lemjames82@ktyndal me, too..trying to make best use of space..more room for stuff I use often and easier to find what I need #teachchat -10:01 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff You make my job even more amazing and fun and I appreciate you all! #TeachChat -10:00 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@ReallyGoodStuff My Birthday! Not sure if I will make it ktyndal Ah 1st day of school! We’ll see if I can make it! efflerm Thank you so much for the opportunity to commensurate with like minded teachers! And thx for the prize time!! #teachchat -10:00 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff It has been an amazing summer of weekly chats with all of you and I can’t thank you enough for being here #TeachChat -10:00 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 kpcrr See you then .. Night all! #TeachChat -10:00 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 AllisonHep@ReallyGoodStuff Great ideas from this chat!! Thanks everyone. #TeachChat -10:00 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@ReallyGoodStuff thanks for a great chat as usual Brandi! #teachchat -9:59 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff So our next chat will be on Wednesday, Sept 5th at 9pm EST #TeachChat -9:59 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Well, friends, not only is it time to end tonight’s chat, but it’s also the last chat until Sept! We go back to every other week #TeachChat -9:59 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Customizing is so important RT @kpcrr: Use what works best for you .. Look at what others use and make it your own #TeachChat -9:58 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal That’s what I’ve been doing all summer to prep for BTS. RT @lemjames82: get rid of unused stuff..keep stuff you had success with #teachchat -9:58 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff That’s tough love, Louise! ktyndal So important! RT @efflerm: Never get more than a day or two behind without stopping to breathe and catch up. #teachchat -9:57 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Ah, stopping to breathe!GREAT advice! RT @efflerm Never get more than a day or two behind without stopping to breathe & catch up #TeachChat -9:57 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 lemjames82 get rid of unused stuff..no need to organize it..just keep stuff you had success with #teachchat -9:57 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 kpcrr@efflerm I think that is good advice no matter how long you have taught! #TeachChat -9:57 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer RT @efflerm: Never get more than a day or two behind without stopping to breathe and catch up. #teachchat -9:56 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff lol Love that! RT @LMo88: @ReallyGoodStuff#TeachChat color code color code color code!!!! #TeachChat -9:56 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 AllisonHep@ReallyGoodStuff Yahoo!! Thanks! #TeachChat -9:56 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@AllisonHep Email me your mailing address at TeachersLounge@ReallyGoodStuff.com #TeachChat -9:56 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm Never get more than a day or two behind without stopping to breathe and catch up. #teachchat -9:56 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Wahoo! You win! Congrats! RT @AllisonHep: Have a file folder for each day of the week #TeachChat -9:56 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer RT @ReallyGoodStuff: @applesandglue Oh dear. Im so sorry. Tomorrow WILL be better. A fresh start, a brand new day! #teachchat -9:56 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@applesandglue Oh dear. I’m so sorry. Tomorrow WILL be better. A fresh start, a brand new day! #TeachChat -9:55 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 kpcrr Use what works best for you .. Look at what others use and make it your own #TeachChat -9:55 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 LMo88@ReallyGoodStuff#TeachChat color code color code color code!!!! -9:55 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 AllisonHep Have a file folder for each day of the week #TeachChat -9:55 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@ReallyGoodStuff Keep It Simple Silly..try to consolodate and minimize #teachchat -9:55 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal Start off organized and it will save you time in the future! #teachchat -9:55 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@ktyndal It’s okay. We still love you. ktyndal I use them 4 student cubbies RT @ReallyGoodStuff: Its so lovely to look at, but I think I need to throw away the papers… #teachchat -9:54 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Q5: What is your best organizing advice for a new teacher? Answer 3 wins! #TeachChat -9:54 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 KinderMac25@ReallyGoodStuff binders with sheet protectors!!!!! Hey have been my savior!!! #Teachchat -9:54 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@applesandglue sorry to hear ktyndal@ReallyGoodStuff I actually have 2 of the 20 drawer ones…but they’re not RGS lemjames82@DianaPuffer I set it up with lessons, read alouds and hand outs , filed Monday through Friday and I am good for the week #teachchat -9:53 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 BriteEyes49@ReallyGoodStuff@efflerm Love Dropbox! #teachchat Love that I can use at work or home. -9:53 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Last question of the night… #TeachChat -9:53 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 kpcrr@DianaPuffer I have a slight “bin obsession” … It isn’t pretty! #TeachChat -9:53 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff It’s so lovely to look at, but I think I need to throw away the papers I’d put in it more than save them to put in there. #TeachChat -9:53 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 applesandglue@ReallyGoodStuff not good. Too many kids and kids that had a hard time listening, following directions… I feel run over! #teachchat -9:52 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff I’m actually trying to hold off getting this: http://t.co/AA0ESGJ1? (RGS link) #TeachChat -9:52 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 BriteEyes49@ReallyGoodStuff Yes, I love the big magnet on the back. Hung it on file cabinet. #teachchat -9:52 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 kpcrr@ktyndal I hated “the cloud” until I figured out how much it was helping! #TeachChat -9:51 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@applesandglue No worries! What a day good or what a day bad? #TeachChat -9:51 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@lemjames82 I will have to look it up #teachchat -9:50 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff LOL!Happy to help!RT @efflerm RGS bins saved my rear last year when I had to move to a much smaller room the first week of school #TeachChat -9:50 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 lemjames82@DianaPuffer yes #teachchat -9:50 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Me too! It’s challenging! RT @kpcrr: @ReallyGoodStuff I am trying to become as paperless as possible #TeachChat -9:50 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm RGS bins saved my rear last year when I had to move to a much smaller room the first week of school applesandglue@ReallyGoodStuff me too! (skipping tonight’s #teachchat cuz I need to recover from my 1st day w/the kiddos… what a day!) -9:49 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @efflerm Dropbox is a revolution in my little world for organizing data.Its just when it becomes hard copy that I have issues #TeachChat -9:49 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@ReallyGoodStuff yes, it can!! #teachchat -9:49 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal Agreed! RT @ReallyGoodStuff: I love buying organizing tools – bins, baskets, rolling carts…it can be addicting =) #teachchat -9:49 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 kpcrr@ReallyGoodStuff I am trying to become as paperless as possible #TeachChat -9:49 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff I love buying organizing tools – bins, baskets, rolling carts…it can be addicting =) #TeachChat -9:48 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm Dropbox is a revolution in my little world for organizing data. It’s just when it becomes a hard copy that I have issues. #teachchat -9:48 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@lemjames82 hmm..is this a Really Good Stuff item? #teachchat -9:48 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal And using the cloud to access it at home too! RT @ReallyGoodStuff: Technology rocks =) RT @kpcrr: My computer! Keeps everything.. #teachchat -9:48 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Love! RT @lemjames82: Organizer that has five slots for files and cups with shelf for daily lessons / circle time #TeachChat -9:47 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 vmontgomery48@ReallyGoodStuff thank you #TeachChat -9:47 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Technology rocks =) RT @kpcrr: My computer! Keeps everything at my fingertips #TeachChat -9:47 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal Congrats! RT @vmontgomery48: Thank you #teachchat -9:47 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 MissAsKinder@debrud I would love to make one of those toolboxes! They look too cute. #teachchat -9:46 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 lemjames82 Organizer that has five slots for files and cups with shelf for daily lessons / circle time #teachchat -9:46 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @LMo88: I love pocket charts because they are so versatile in my SPED class..visual schedule, hands on centers, etc. #TeachChat -9:46 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 vmontgomery48 Thank you #TeachChat -9:46 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @MissAsKinder I use my plastic magazine holders EVERY DAY to store my worksheets for each days lessons. It keeps me prepared! #TeachChat -9:46 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal Don’t they? ReallyGoodStuff You win! Congrats! RT @vmontgomery48: I think that desktop organizers are great as well as binders and bins with color code. #TeachChat -9:45 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 debrud I made the teacher toolbox I saw on pinterest to organize all my desk supplies and LOVE it #TeachChat -9:45 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 LMo88@ReallyGoodStuff I love pocket charts because they are so versatile in my SPED class..visual schedule, hands on centers, etc. #TeachChat -9:45 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal <3 the pocket charts! I have at least 1 on every wall, some have 2! Color baskets help organize color coded table materials. #teachchat -9:45 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@ReallyGoodStuff oh and why, because they are fun to purchase and look great! #teachchat -9:45 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 vmontgomery48 I think that desktop organizers are great as well as binders and bins with color code. #TeachChat -9:45 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 AllisonHep@ReallyGoodStuff I use pocket charts for everything – centers,stations, papers, folders, etc. #TeachChat -9:45 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 MissAsKinder@ReallyGoodStuff I use my plastic magazine holders EVERY DAY to store my worksheets for each day’s lessons. It keeps me prepared! #TeachChat -9:45 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@BriteEyes49 How’s it working out for you? =) Do you like it? #TeachChat -9:45 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 kpcrr My computer! Keeps everything at my fingertips #TeachChat -9:44 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@ReallyGoodStuff containers of all kinds! LOVE them! #teachchat -9:44 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Q4: What organizing tool (pocket chart, specific bin, basket, desktop organizer) is your favorite & why? A5 wins! #TeachChat -9:44 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@kpcrr it will take a while to get one that works for me, but I am looking forward to the info I get #teachchat -9:44 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@LMo88 We certainly have plenty of colors to choose from! =) Thank you for being a customer! =) #TeachChat -9:43 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 kpcrr@DianaPuffer Took forever to make. But they give me a ton of info at a quick glance #TeachChat -9:43 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Awesome!RT @LMo88 I use the RGS colored baskets and have colored stickers that match the corresponding baskets.organized by genre #TeachChat -9:42 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 lemjames82@LMo88 GREAT idea #teachchat -9:42 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@kpcrr I am doing it as a simple checklist either got it or don’t (math) #teachchat -9:42 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @kpcrr@DianaPuffer I made spreadsheets that align curriculum&broken down by concept assessed..Then I input assessment scores. #TeachChat -9:41 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 LMo88@ReallyGoodStuff I use the RGS colored baskets and have colored stickers that match the corresponding baskets.organized by genre #TeachChat -9:41 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@kpcrr I actually made something like this to try this year. #teachchat -9:41 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal Lucky! I get trash in my book bins (not trashcans) BriteEyes49@ReallyGoodStuff@ktyndal Like the one I won from Really Good Stuff! ReallyGoodStuff Me too! =) RT @efflerm: @ReallyGoodStuff I love finding students who are happy to use their interests to help me. #TeachChat -9:40 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 kpcrr@DianaPuffer I made spreadsheets that align to curriculum & broken down by concept assessed .. Then I input assessment scores. #TeachChat -9:40 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm@ReallyGoodStuff I love finding students who are happy to use their interests to help me. #teachchat -9:39 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff I make digital portfolios w/my kids now (I homeschool-3rd, 5th,PreK) & we snap photos of their work&file in a folder on iphotos #TeachChat -9:39 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 lemjames82@ktyndal never been a problem #teachchat -9:38 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @efflerm: @DianaPuffer Im searching for a good way to make digital portfolios. #TeachChat -9:37 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm@ktyndal I like this. #teachchat -9:37 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal Unfortunatel, same in 3rd ReallyGoodStuff in the classroom organized and neat. Future librarians! =) #TeachChat -9:37 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@efflerm I hear a lot of people are doing this #teachchat -9:37 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal Good idea! As long as kids don’t throw trash in it! RT @lemjames82: I keep Big books in rectangular tras can #teachchat -9:37 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff I always had one student at least who was my avid reader in class (in school it was me!) & that student loved to keep the shelves #TeachChat -9:37 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 AllisonHep@ReallyGoodStuff Yes! Classroom Library+Kindergarten=Tornado Alley #TeachChat -9:36 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal@DianaPuffer I use a record book, check off work as it comes in; ahead of time I know what I am grading/keeping vs. check off. #teachchat -9:36 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm@DianaPuffer I’m searching for a good way to make digital portfolios. #teachchat -9:36 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Neat idea!! RT @lemjames82: I keep Big books in rectangular tras can #TeachChat -9:36 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Awesome! A LOT of work, huh? RT @AllisonHep: @ReallyGoodStuff plastic bins with theme,author, genre labels. Bins have numbers #TeachChat -9:36 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer how do you all keep track of student work you want to keep and student progress? #teachchat -9:35 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@FredEnde Hope you find the key! =) Thanks for dropping in! #TeachChat -9:35 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 kpcrr@DianaPuffer I agree … Keeping it organized is the challenge. Hoping the individual labels help this year #TeachChat -9:35 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal I assign putting back books as a job. Helps a lil. RT @DianaPuffer: organizing theh books isnt the problem…keeping it organized #teachchat -9:35 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 lemjames82 I keep Big books in rectangular tras can #teachchat -9:35 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@MissAsKinder It’s okay! Some years that’s the only thing TO do! #TeachChat -9:35 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 FredEnde Night all. Sorry I wasn’t more involved; chained to the desk and all. *Hears noise and shudders as electricity goes out* #TeachChat -9:34 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 AllisonHep@DianaPuffer That is so true! #TeachChat -9:34 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 debrud@DianaPuffer TRUE ktyndal if I get it done b4 school starts, trying to catalog books for online check in/out using Classroom Booksource #teachchat -9:34 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@efflerm You win again! STELLAR! =) #TeachChat -9:34 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer organizing theh books isn’t the problem for me, it is keeping it organized #teachchat -9:33 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 lemjames82 baskets, shelves and pocket chart..themes, then subject #teachchat -9:33 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal I use bins; separate some by author/series and others by Lexile (color code). Big picture books that are hard to sort/store vmontgomery48 with bookshelf, bins and the racks to hold the larger books, use of boxes if their are a lot more of the same book in that group. #TeachChat -9:33 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 AllisonHep@ReallyGoodStuff plastic bins with theme,author, genre labels. Bins have numbers #TeachChat -9:33 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 debrud baskets for books by genre, each genre has a number, each book gets the genre number on it’s cover – works great so far! #TeachChat -9:33 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm I’m afraid I gave that up. It seemed I was always after the kids to put things back “right” and it took away the fun. #teachchat -9:33 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 kpcrr Labeled Buckets by reading level …then the books have matching labels … Both have word and picture #TeachChat -9:33 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 MissAsKinder@ReallyGoodStuff Honestly, this year I have just put all the books I want to show the kids on one shelf. Sad, but true. DianaPuffer@ReallyGoodStuff by categories on shelves #teachchat -9:32 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Question 3: How do you organize your classroom library? Bins, tubs, baskets? Labels? Genre/Rdg Level? Answer 4 wins! #TeachChat -9:31 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal Aren’t friends lifesavers? efflerm@muchfaith0515 I use one of these too, but all too often forget that I put anything there. #teachchat -9:31 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 muchfaith0515@ReallyGoodStuff I have a wooden mail sorter that was given to me from a friend ktyndal Great if you have papers to reuse, i.e. clock faces,cursive practice, place value charts, etc RT @AllisonHep: @ktyndal Great idea #teachchat -9:30 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 kpcrr I send papers home daily … Really cuts down on the paper build-up #teachchat#TeachChat -9:30 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal No,move once a month but I have Tidy Tyndal Awards 4 clean desks. Random checks. MT @ReallyGoodStuff: @ktyndal every Friday?? #teachchat -9:30 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Great idea! RT @lemjames82: I limit myself ti one bin to put things that need to be filed and make sure to empy it once a week #TeachChat -9:29 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @ktyndal: If no whiteboards, u can use sheet protectors too! Works amazing! RT @AllisonHep: @ReallyGoodStuff Use white boards! #TeachChat -9:29 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 AllisonHep@ktyndal Great idea #TeachChat -9:29 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 lemjames82 I limit myself ti one bin to put things that need to be filed and make sure to empy it once a week #teachchat -9:29 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal If no whiteboards, u can use sheet protectors too! Works amazing! RT @AllisonHep: @ReallyGoodStuff Use white boards! #teachchat -9:28 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@ktyndal I should do that, I save too much #teachchat -9:28 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@ktyndal You have to move the desks every Friday??!? #TeachChat -9:28 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 vmontgomery48@ktyndal nice! #TeachChat -9:28 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal@DianaPuffer Thanks! #teachchat -9:28 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@ktyndal congrats #teachchat -9:27 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal@vmontgomery48 My kids take stuff home every Friday; Friday Folders take home graded/other papers.Move desks often 4 clean desks. #teachchat -9:27 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff I know! White boards help A LOT! And kids love to use them. RT @AllisonHep: @ReallyGoodStuff Use white boards! #TeachChat -9:27 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal Cool! Thx! RT @ReallyGoodStuff: You win! Congrats! RT @ktyndal: cubbies, sorter bins, stackable bins…always help reduce paper.. #teachchat -9:27 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Awesome! What do you use for mailboxes? RT @muchfaith0515: student mailboxes and turn in baskets #TeachChat -9:27 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 vmontgomery48@ktyndal thats only if they clean them out as well #TeachChat -9:26 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Love that too! RT @DianaPuffer: @ReallyGoodStuff recycle it LOL #TeachChat -9:26 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff lol love that idea! RT @efflerm: Go digital ktyndal NICE! circular file cabinet, right? RT @DianaPuffer: @ReallyGoodStuff recycle it LOL #teachchat -9:26 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff You win! Congrats! RT @ktyndal: cubbies, sorter bins, stackable bins…always help reduce paper clutter til you can go thru it #TeachChat -9:26 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 AllisonHep@ReallyGoodStuff Use white boards! #TeachChat -9:26 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 muchfaith0515 student mailboxes and turn in baskets #TeachChat -9:25 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal cubbies, sorter bins, stackable bins…always help reduce paper clutter til you can go thru it #teachchat -9:25 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@ReallyGoodStuff recycle it LOL #teachchat -9:25 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm Go digital ktyndal ran out of pocket charts and used 1 of the suction cup bins, took out suction & hooked it on wall w/ push pins!will hold paper! #teachchat -9:25 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 FredEnde@ReallyGoodStuff Yep. They’re a strange group those electrons. #TeachChat -9:25 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer hmm…may have to do some pocket charts on wall, sounds like a popular idea #teachchat -9:24 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Question 2: What’s your best advice for taming paper clutter? Answer 3 wins! #TeachChat -9:24 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Yep! Those work well! RT @efflerm: @ReallyGoodStuff Command adhesive hooks work great to hang pocket charts #TeachChat -9:24 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Yep, me too RT @DianaPuffer I find I make too many categories to organ. and then have too many folders/baskets…to keep track of #TeachChat -9:23 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 lemjames82@ktyndal I have pocket chart fortake home/homework folders (pre k) #teachchat -9:23 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm@ReallyGoodStuff Command adhesive hooks work great to hang pocket charts #teachchat -9:23 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@FredEnde Lol The electricity I can’t help you with. ReallyGoodStuff LOVE! RT @ktyndal: me too! just altered 1 today (from objectives) for students to post tweets about daily learnings! then tweet! #TeachChat -9:23 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Kelly (@ktyndal) mentioned pocket charts-you can also hang over doors or if they have magnetic strips, hang on filing cabinets #TeachChat -9:22 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal@DianaPuffer color folders help too if you can’t always have separate bins/pockets #teachchat -9:22 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 FredEnde@ReallyGoodStuff If only they’ll keep the electricity on for a few more minutes. *Anxiously checks clock* *Types Quickly* #TeachChat -9:22 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer I find I make too many categories to organ. and then have too many folders/baskets… to keep track of #teachchat -9:22 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal@ReallyGoodStuff me too! just altered 1 today (from objectives) for students to post tweets about daily learnings! then tweet! #teachchat -9:21 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 vmontgomery48 RT @ReallyGoodStuff: Love pocket charts! RT @ktyndal: pocket charts! hang them on a rack or staple them on the wall! #TeachChat -9:21 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @ktyndal: I try to use baskets to color code things: ie. math books are green so use green baskets. l.a. is purple=purple,etc. #TeachChat -9:21 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer RT @ReallyGoodStuff: @FredEnde No crying. Youll always have your #TeachChat friends. muchfaith0515 I really like that idea! RT @ktyndal: pocket charts! hang them on a rack or staple them on the wall! #TeachChat -9:21 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@FredEnde No crying. You’ll always have your #TeachChat friends. ReallyGoodStuff Love pocket charts! RT @ktyndal: pocket charts! hang them on a rack or staple them on the wall! #TeachChat -9:20 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 debrud@ReallyGoodStuff by student #TeachChat -9:20 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@DianaPuffer Top of the filing cabinet maybe or on a cart next to my desk/small group table #TeachChat -9:20 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 vmontgomery48 Organized by student but sometimes that does not work either, i guess it depends on who’s doing the filing. #TeachChat -9:20 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal pocket charts! hang them on a rack or staple them on the wall! #teachchat -9:19 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Neat idea! RT @lemjames82: this year I am trying to color code by subject/concepts #TeachChat -9:19 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@ReallyGoodStuff what about a room with little counter space? #teachchat -9:19 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@debrud Do you keep them organized by student or subject? #TeachChat -9:19 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm I bought a cute dog bin (eats homework) but have realized that with two classes and two subjects, one dog won’t hunt #teachchat -9:18 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff RT @AllisonHep: I have two bins in kindergarten – Busy Beaver Bin (finished work), Taking My Time Tray (to be completed) #TeachChat -9:18 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@DianaPuffer Depended on the classroom! #TeachChat -9:18 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 FredEnde@ReallyGoodStuff Ha ha. Just saw this one. *Cries as he realizes he’s all alone in office* #SNIFFLE#TeachChat -9:18 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@efflerm we have 1-1 makes things easier, although I teach science and math not writing #teachchat -9:18 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal I try to use baskets to color code things: ie. math books are green so use green baskets. l.a. is purple = purple, etc. #teachchat -9:17 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 debrud 2 file crates with student folders – one for student work to turn in, other for me to file in after grading #TeachChat -9:17 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@debrud I have been using evernote more #teachchat -9:17 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 AllisonHep@ReallyGoodStuff I have two bins in kindergarten – Busy Beaver Bin (finished work), Taking My Time Tray (to be completed) #TeachChat -9:17 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 lemjames82 this year I am trying to color code by subject/concepts #teachchat -9:16 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff A labeled basket for each: “mail to sort”, “File”, “Return”, and “Grade” #TeachChat -9:16 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@ktyndal so true! good point #teachchat -9:16 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm@DianaPuffer I agree. My previous school I was 1-1 and used google k-12. But new one is not so blessed with laptops. #teachchat -9:16 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@ReallyGoodStuff where do you keep them all? #teachchat -9:16 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 debrud anything that can saved digitally goes on my flashdrive – trying to get rid of paper when possible #TeachChat -9:16 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal@DianaPuffer Even tech, sometimes it’s hard to remember where you save everything to access it later! ReallyGoodStuff Everyone has their own style and method, but for me, labeled baskets are the key for taming the paper clutter. #TeachChat -9:15 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer I would like to try and get rid of paper and go to tech, but still a ways to go… #teachchat -9:15 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Let’s start with paper organization tips… #TeachChat -9:15 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Sounds like papers (of all sorts) and the classroom library are the most troublesome #TeachChat -9:14 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal The library is tough. It took me a long time to get it where it is and it’s tough to keep it perfect, but it’s about 80% EOY now. #teachchat -9:14 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@efflerm congrats! #teachchat -9:14 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm@ReallyGoodStuff lol yep, you were right, stellar! #teachchat -9:14 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 vmontgomery48 I think that we all need help throughout the classroom at the start and end of the day. #TeachChat -9:14 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@efflerm Email me your mailing address at TeachersLounge@ReallyGoodStuff.com =) #TeachChat -9:13 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@FredEnde no, vermont, but I was wondering where there was year round school. private school? #teachchat -9:13 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 lemjames82 library #teachchat -9:13 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff You win! See? GREAT odds tonight! =) RT @efflerm: help with homework papers, both in and out #TeachChat -9:13 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer that too! RT @efflerm: help with homework papers, both in and out #teachchat -9:13 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 FredEnde@kzwiley@TeachChat I remember my legs always hurt the first day. muchfaith0515 I’m a substitute teacher right now. If I had my own classroom, that area would definitely be the library. #TeachChat -9:13 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 kzwiley@ReallyGoodStuff all the papers the kids turn in #TeachChat -9:12 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 vmontgomery48@reallygoodstuff organizing books and areas of sitting #TeachChat -9:12 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 FredEnde@DianaPuffer Hi Diana. I live in Putnam County. I’m about an hour north of mid-town Manhattan. Are you a NYer? #TeachChat -9:12 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal Organizing all my files! #teachchat -9:12 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@ReallyGoodStuff supplies especially paper and books #teachchat -9:12 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm help with homework papers, both in and out #teachchat -9:12 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 AllisonHep@ReallyGoodStuff Classroom Library for sure! #TeachChat -9:12 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Question 1: What area of the classroom do you need the most help with in terms of organization? Answer 2 wins! #TeachChat -9:11 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal Hi Brandi! Trying to spend some time in the classroom before class starts to avoid LAST MINUTE organization, but still needed! #teachchat -9:11 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@ReallyGoodStuff good topic! I need help with that #teachchat -9:11 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@muchfaith0515 Hi Sara! Welcome! #TeachChat -9:11 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@ktyndal Hi Kelly!! =) #TeachChat -9:11 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Well tonight we’re talking about last minute organization….let’s start with a giveaway question, shall we? #TeachChat -9:10 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 vmontgomery48@ReallyGoodStuff Hi everyone #TeachChat -9:10 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 muchfaith0515 Hi I’m Sara from Missouri #TeachChat -9:10 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@kzwiley Or was it the first day for all of you? #TeachChat -9:09 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ktyndal We start Sept. 5. #teachchat -9:09 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@kzwiley Hi Karen! I can imagine! When do the kids come back? #TeachChat -9:09 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 kzwiley@TeachChat 1st day today. So tired #TeachChat -9:08 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@vmontgomery48 Hi Vanessa!! #TeachChat -9:08 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@FredEnde You do get a vacation though right?? I have visions of you chained to your office desk slaving away all year long DianaPuffer@FredEnde where do youlive? #teachchat -9:08 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Ah, so you all have a few more days of quiet. =) #TeachChat -9:07 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 FredEnde@ReallyGoodStuff I’m a twelve-monther, so summer is just another season for me. kzwiley#TeachChat 1st day in SW Ohio at my 5/6 bldg. I’m exhausted! -9:07 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@fredende Quick! I can’t believe it’s the end of August already! #TeachChat -9:07 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 vmontgomery48@ReallyGoodStuff vanessa from ga. #TeachChat -9:07 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm Just inservice so far. Students return next Monday. #teachchat -9:06 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 AllisonHep We go back for a teacher inservice next week. Kids start after Labor Day. #TeachChat -9:06 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer@ReallyGoodStuff not until next Monday, kids on Wed. #teachchat -9:06 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff So, have you all started back to school yet?? #TeachChat -9:06 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@FredEnde Hi Fred! Nice to see you! How has your summer been? #TeachChat -9:05 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@efflerm It’s okay! I have 5 prizes! lol #TeachChat -9:05 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 FredEnde Hi all. Stopping in for a bit. #TeachChat -9:05 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@DianaPuffer Hi Diana! So nice to see you! #TeachChat -9:05 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm lol, but it looks like we have a third! #teachchat -9:04 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 DianaPuffer i am here too! #teachchat -9:04 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@AllisonHep Hi Allison! GREAT to see you! =) #TeachChat -9:04 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff@efflerm Let me just say that that makes your odds of winning STELLAR! ReallyGoodStuff@efflerm Hi Mona! It looks like it could just be you and me tonight! lol #TeachChat -9:03 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 AllisonHep I’m Allison from New York #TeachChat -9:03 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 efflerm@ReallyGoodStuff I’m Mona from East Texas #teachchat -9:03 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 FlyontheCWall RT @ReallyGoodStuff: It’s 9pm EST and time for #TeachChat -9:02 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff My name is Brandi and I’ll be moderating. Let’s start by finding out who we have here tonight…please say hi! #TeachChat -9:02 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff Hi everyone! I’m expecting a quiet night tonight with many of our teachers having started school this week. #TeachChat -9:01 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 ReallyGoodStuff It’s 9pm EST and time for #TeachChat -9:00 PM Aug 22nd, 2012 |
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