Day 5: Helping the Kids Get Organized

We are slowly getting into the swing of things with Read Well. I seem to do better to start things and then decide how I want to organize them as I go along. Today I took this picture of my classroom after the kids had gone to encore. I put it up on the Promethean board and discussed the things that were out of place and the things that they could see that looked good. I feigned complete upset at seeing the glue stick without a top.

The binder that you can see is also a work in progress. Each group got to choose their name today. They could choose from a group of T animals that I had picked out. I got one set of binders done.

Day 3: New Uses

Ok, I took some pictures but forgot to email them from my phone, plus I am a day behind already. The things that I did today included, using wreath hangers to hang my pocket chart on the wall. I think to be well organized you have to use all of your space well.

I also took the wheels from the sterilite three drawer carts and added them to my file crates. I never use them on the carts because it seems to make them sway.--probably just my imagination, but I prefer to have them on my file folder crates. Then I can move them around easily and didn't have to pay over $50 for a rolling crate.

Day 2: Readwell organization

In December, we started a whirlwind trip into Readwell. During the break, I reconfigured my room so I would have a different small group area. I also worked on my whole group area. That is what I want to share today that I organized. I wanted to have all of my whole group materials within arm's reach so I turned one of my boxes around. I had been storing puzzles in it for my puzzle center.(Here it is in the puzzle center without the puzzles.)

Then I moved all the box of trade books from Readwell into it. I had some more room and wanted to put other things in there. I realized that the Capri Sun box that I had saved was the perfect size to store the pocket chart cards. I cut it apart and covered it with contact paper. I have the cards in the front and my cds in the back. I had just enough room to fit the lap books inside it. Since I moved the "house" bookcase out, I now have all of my Readwell materials right at my fingertips.
I think it is going to work out really well. Plus, I love making functional things from something I would just throw away.