Sunday, April 22, 2012

Still trying to organize...

There are only 41 or so days of school left in my "first full year" of school, and I am still trying to perfect the organization technique of my room. I swear I'll get it eventually.  Because I'm visual and a lister (and my schedule's different every day), I decided to try listing my schedule like so:

I have this skinny wall space right across from my desk, and near our focus walls. I decided to utilize this space and add a splash of color to this corner. All I used was scrap bulletin board paper, a little bit of bulletin board border, strip velcro and laminated index cards. This is a super quick way for us to change our schedule that's different daily. It's also portable. Since it's only on with tape, you can lower it or move it based on your need.

Now, you may notice that there are no times or pictures. For the beginning of the year, I would have pictures next to the words, but sine it's the end of the year, I want my class to rely on using their decoding skills to figure out what the cards say. And honestly, they know what most of them say just by knowing the order of our day. I am not finding the time is necessarily working for me. While I do stay close to the times, sometimes you just need to stray from your time slot- this prevents you from getting stressed about feeling "time restricted". Another plus to not having times is that the students can have this as a job. It's much easier for them to order based on the days that it happens rather than the time. If anyone tries this or finds another way works, I'd love to hear from you!

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