Organizing Daily Materials

Mrs. Patton at Patton's Patch is hosting an Organization Week Linky Party. Today's topic is Daily Organization.  What teacher couldn't use more help/ideas about organizing!  I know I could use a few tips here and there; especially now.  I'm packing up my room for Spring Cleaning.  Yes, I am getting a deep clean. It happens only once a year.

Here is what I do.  I prefer to organize by subject because sometimes what I plan for the day may go onto the next.

I use this letter tray to help organize by subject.  I actually organize it in the order I teach throughout the day.  Just in case you are wondering, Standards Based Reading and Writing, Math, ELD, Word Study, Science or Social Studies.  As I copy things for the week, I just place it in the appropriate spot.  The bottom tray keeps my Teacher Resource Books that I may need for future copying.

I am very lucky to have an aide who comes in 3x a week.  She mostly does copying.  To get ready for her, I look at my curriculum map and plan what I may need her to copy.  I have a large collection of teacher resource books such as Mailbox so once every few weeks, I tab what I need and she gets my bulk copying done.  These magazine trays are labeled language arts, math, other.  As I plan for homework, I just grab the copies from here.

Another useful item is my Grab N Go Notebook.   It makes lesson planning easy because it can be customized to your needs.

I hope you'll join Mrs. Patton's Organizing party.  I can't wait to read about organizing for Guided Reading.  I really could use a few tips here!

Happy Teaching, Learning and Organizing!