One of the things I love about my job is that I get to see so many fun ideas when I come to your schools. Here are a few ideas some of our great teachers have used to keep things "organized" in different ways.
Liz Eames at Adams Elementary made this to go on her board and remind her students of the rules. I love that she put images with each rule to help the younger children. I know many of you have similar rules and add movements, too.
Nicole Burnham and Ann Bradley at Farmington Elementary use these visuals to help track classroom incentives.
In case it's too small to see, each class has their name on a pick or on a music note.
Jeanette Eggett at Boulton showed me this idea she uses to keep track of her schedule. She said it saves her on a regular bases. She's just shrunk a copy of her schedule, laminated it, and attached it to the same lanyard she wears her name badge on. I think this would be especially helpful at the beginning of the year, or if you are a teacher that has to be out of your classroom to teach for any reason.
Knowlton has a grade level program for every grade. The classroom teachers choose the songs, and the fabulous music teachers teach the songs in music. Melanie and Allyson really have a good thing going. They've broken the program songs up so that the students are learning one new song each month, and it's displayed on the wall in their room like so:
Do you have any great ideas you'd like to share?
Comment or email us and we'll add them to the blog.
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