New Year's Resolutions Day 2: Organization

Morning all! Today I'm linking up with Hope from 2nd Grade Shenanigans to talk organization. I LOVE organizing things and cleaning out or sorting papers, teacher tools, or pretty much anything at home! Just ask my hubby!

1) My teacher binder

My teacher binder has multiple tabs for all my teaching needs. It keeps everything accessible on hand wherever I am (home, school, etc). The tabs are my weekly lesson plans/pacing guides, student information, data and grade level articulation stuff, common core checklists, and school information. The binder section covers are from a "year of many firsts" and can be found here. 

2) Erin Condren deskpad

I used to always have post-its sticking all over my desk b/c I needed reminders of little things but no real place to write them without me forgetting all about them. That is UNTIL I found this awesome deskpad where my notes can stay in one place! LOVE, LOVE using this! And it keeps my desk looking a whole lot neater. :) She makes other templates and designs I'm sure you'll fall in love with too. Check out her stuff here!

3) File Folder Centers & Pocket Chart

I love using themed file folders for centers in ELA and math. I didn't have a great way to keep them out and organized by genre until I saw this great file folder pocket chart online! I have one for ELA centers and one for math so the kids keep them separate. It helps the kids know exactly where to put the file folder games back and once the month is over, I can swap those out for new ones. Easy peasy! Not a *fancy* way to stay organized, but it totally works for me. Now that I'm creating more themed literacy and math units on TPT, I need a way to store and organize them all! :)

4) Everything has a place in my classroom

Since I'm kind of an organization freakaziod, everything in my classroom is kid friendly and accessible. They know exactly where to grab certain response sheets, papers, forms, white boards, etc. I use these Lakeshore items all over my classroom! They're wonderful!

4) Teacher desktop organizer

I keep my lesson plans in my teacher binder of course, but when I plan out my week the Friday before I place all my copies/materials in my desktop file organizer. This picture show various subjects, but I use mine as a Monday-Friday organizer. I love using this!

                                        

How do you organize your classroom? I'd love to hear all about it! :) I hope this post gave you a few ideas about how to stay organized in the coming year. Don't forget to link up  with Hope and share your ideas too!

-Mrs. Rossi