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Test Taking Strategies. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Art Work. Subtraction Poem. Apps%20for%20every%20classroom. Classroom Organization Ideas & Tips. Hello, teachers!

Classroom Organization Ideas & Tips

Has the whirlwind of the school year begun for you yet? Never fear, we here at The Classroom Creative have lined up hundreds of ideas to help you stay organized, creative, and effective this coming school year. Over the next few weeks, we are focusing on all things… First, we begin with the most important part of setting up the school year: classroom organization.

With over 2 million hits on google for this topic alone, we know teachers are starving for ideas. We’ve honed some of the most inexpensive and easiest classroom organization ideas to implement this school year. and remember, be kind to your fellow bloggers… This first post is LOADED with TONS of Free Printables! Control the pencil chaos with these Pencil Cups via sixth grade teacher extraordinarie Jill @ Controlling My Chaos {You may want to visit our “how to manage classroom pencils ideas” post too!} Centers materials/Busy Bags via No Small Potatoes Organize your read-alouds by month. Book Hospital via The Daily Cafe. How to create your own teacher binder. Do you have a teacher binder?

how to create your own teacher binder

What important things do you keep in it? In my teacher binder I like to keep my weekly planner, curriculum information, student data, important school documents, and parent volunteer information. It is so nice to have all of these important documents all in one place. If you don't already have a teacher binder, I would highly recommend one! My binder really isn't anything fancy. To divide each section, I used 5-tab index dividers that you can find at almost any store.

And of course, everything teacher-related needs a cute cover right?? Click {here} to download your own binder cover. The font I used can be found for free {here}. 1. Spring Cleaning « teacher stuff. Got Clutter?

Spring Cleaning « teacher stuff

Ever wish they had one of those home makeover shows for classrooms? I used to be the clutter queen until I took an amazing HET (highly effective teaching) class from my friends at Lone Tree Elementary. The class was built on the foundation of brain research. Here are a few tips I learned from them about keeping my classroom organized and clutter free: Decorate your classroom the way you would decorate your house. Reading Group Seating. Bathroom Sign-out. Connecting home and school. Clutter-Free Classroom. 50-best-books-for-teachers_50b3d842cdb27.png (PNG Image, 975x3217 pixels) - Scaled (20. Common Core Standards. The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers.

Common Core Standards

The standards were developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and experts to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare children for college and the workforce. These standards are created from the highest, most effective models from states across the country and countries around the world and provide teachers and parents with a common understanding of what students are expected to learn. Consistent standards will provide appropriate benchmarks for all students, regardless of where they live. These standards define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education careers so that they will graduate high school able to succeed in college courses and in workforce training programs. In this Educational Leadership article, Dr. Student News. Perseverance, Determination, Achievement and Success. Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work so most people don't recognize them.

Perseverance, Determination, Achievement and Success

-Ann Landers We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -Aristotle Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. -Winston Churchill Failure is success if we learn from it. -Malcolm Forbes The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year. -John Foster Dulles The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people. -Theodore Roosevelt People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. when they beleive in themselves they have the first secret of success. -Norman Vincent Peale Nothing will work unless you do. -John Wooden I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. -Thomas Jefferson Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

-M. Teachers Notebook.