Showing posts with label organization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label organization. Show all posts

Tips for Getting Organized


How can you organize yourself before the next school year begins?
This summer season is a great time for planning and preparing for the next school year. This is a great time to organize your records and information so that you have smoother sailing during the school year.
Here are two great suggestions that you might want to try:


 Student Organization Binder:
A looseleaf binder that contains a calendar, seating plan, student pix and names, basic student information, conference info, behavior plans, anecdotal reports, etc. is a great way to collate important information and keep it centralized. Check out a great example on the blog Beyond the Grades:


Here is a visual of a student information binder. 

Here is the URL for a student information folder. 
Please check it out for the exact details: 
http://beyondthegrades.blogspot.com/2011/10/teacher-binder.html. 


Student Lending Library:
Establish a lending library for students. Many teachers have a bookshelf full of books for students to read, but how are they organized? You can develop a list of books using the genre or reading level to differentiate them for students. 

Beth Newingham's Third Grade is a great website that details ways that you can organize your own library. It also gives you a link to Scholastic's readability scale(or you can use the readability scale available on your computer's Word application.)  Please check out the website's Studio 13 link: 

URL: http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/library%20organization.htm


Here is a great reference for establishing your own classroom library

Why not take a little time this summer thinking about how you are going to organize your student information and your lending library?





  
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