Anyone else not ready to go back to school yet?! This is my last week of summer before the madness begins! To those of you who have already started setting up your classrooms or have started school I wish you a great year with your students!
Alright lets get to the fun! For those of you who don't know me, I am a kindergarten teacher and I am going into my 6th year of teaching! I wouldn't call myself a veteran by any means, but I'm always happy to learn something new from other teachers! I am teaming up with 50 great teacherprenuers to bring you tried and true classroom management and organizational strategies that work in our classrooms. Please make sure that you hop to each participating blog this week! Here are a few tricks and tips I have learned along the way and am happy to share with you!
Number, Number, Number!
From the very first week of school, give each student a number. This number will help them line up in order which limits fighting over who is in the front or who was in a certain spot first. This same number will be put on popsicle sticks for picking a student to call on or choose partners for work. Numbering their supplies such as a box of crayons helps to know whose crayon was left on the floor (teaches them responsibility/pick up after themselves). You as the teacher will soon learn your students numbers and it will come in handy to quickly count your students, put papers in order, or putting groups together.
Color Coordination
The tables in my classroom are organized by colors (all colors of the rainbow). Each table's supply bin is the color of the table. For example, the red table has a red supply bin. All the supplies also correspond to the color of the table/bin. In the red table's supply bin there are pencils with red grips, red scissors, and glue bottles with red tape. Now, this might be a bit much for you, but it helps so much with organizing classroom supplies! It also helps the students understand that everything we use has a home in the classroom. It also makes it easy to clean up and have students help with organizing the supply bins too! It is unbelievable how messy students can be! But you're probably not surprised! Classroom Storage
Every classroom is different and with each classroom comes limited space for storage am I right?! Well if you have a ton of storage in your classroom you are one of the lucky ones! Unfortunately my classroom doesn't have a ton of storage so my teaching partner had a genius idea of how to maximize storage! My classroom doesn't have closets, it has cabinets so a way to maximize storage is to hang an over the door shoe organizer on the inside of your cabinets. The small pockets are great for storing dry erase markers, sharpies, stickers, velcro or whatever your heart desires! Pure genius I tell you!Promoting Kindness
I picked up this fabulous idea from the kindergarten team I joined last year when I started at a new school. Students are able to earn "kindness coins" for showing acts of kindness throughout the day. Some ways that students can earn a kindness coin might be by helping a fellow classmate in some way, being a respectful listener during a lesson, following directions the first time etc.. This individualized behavior strategy not only promotes kindness in the classroom but gives each student a way to monitor their positive and kind behavior. Students put these coins in a small box with their name on it and keep it in the classroom. At the end of the week students can exchange 5 coins for a prize from the prize box.
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