An Apple a Day- Supplies and Organization

This week’s focus…

Supplies and Organization 

First up…

Supplies

I know I am not the only teacher who gets a rush when the new school supply ads come out.
 I <3 school supplies! Here’s how I keep all those fresh goodies “organized” in my classroom.

I am a firm believer in communal supplies for the classroom. On the first day of school I take the first 30 minutes of the day to collect and organize supplies. Each type of supply goes into it’s own labeled draw in the back of classroom.

This makes it easy to grab supplies as we go through them…. which is always WAY TOO FAST!

I keep a caddy of supplies at the students’ tables as well.

This houses student’s pencils, crayons, glue, and scissors.

 I send home any extra or special supplies that students bring in (fancy markers, crayon boxes, etc)

This system works well for me.  I can easily do a quick inventory of what we have when ordering supplies or if parents ask, “What do you need?”

Now on to…. Organization

I couldn’t live without my classroom labels! They are all over my room!

THIS is how I stay organized. It also helped my maternity leave sub navigate my room with ease.
(Don’t worry, I am working on making them pretty!)

But I do have a dirty little secret…

My classroom library…

Every year I organize and reorganize this darn bookshelf!

Currently it is sorted by genre…Can’t you tell?? LOL!

This year I want it to look like this