Tips and Some Random

This is what I do the other 90% of the day that I not blogging, stalking, or pinteresting....

All the picture is missing is when I move to the couch or the chair outside!  But I will take a break from my reading adventures to share some (possibly) helpful ideas.

Tip 1:  Bulletin board border happens to be the same height as the plastic drawers.  So I cut it to the appropriate length and used a glue dot to keep it in place.  Then I had some extra, blank calander squares and used them to label what is inside each drawer.

Tip  2:  I used to keep my read alouds organized by subject, or by what reading strategy they could be used for.  However sometimes, I would think where is the book and I all I could remember was the title, but not how I had organized it:-)  So I decided to take library advice and keep them organized by author.  That way regardless of the many ways I could use the book to teach, I will know exactly where to find them.

Using strips of bright construction paper and letters of the alphabet I can easily see where each section begins. 

A few books really don't stump me, for example Johnny Appleseed, Holiday, and Poetry books.  They really are only used for a very specific purpose and so I keep them organized on the shelf under the other read alouds.

The same bright construction paper helps separate my teaching books as well.

Tip 3:  These clip chart behavior systems are everywhere.  At the beginning of the year, I decided that have a portable version would be helpful, and then the pull-out teachers could use it as well.  So I made the signs, laminated them into one solid poster and taped them to the back of a yard stick.  I put a piece of ribbon through the top, put a tack in the door, and hung it up.

A bit random, but maybe one of these is helpful for you!

For more random....I found one of the coolest before and after projects on Pinterest today!  If only I still had one of these tables somewhere....check this out!

source..Caroline's Crafty Corner

source...Caroline's Crafty Corner

And one more pic...just because it made me smile!

"Raise your hand if you have read Hunger Games."

Happy 
Friday,