Category: organization

A Peek into Our Space and Our Circle Time Board

leslie August 31, 2016 2 Comments
okay... so this board and I...ugh...this board and I are working on our relationship.We have gone round and round, and we shall see who come out with the win.ROUND 1What had happened was...My mother in law gave me this beautiful felt board!  I needed a water look for our Circle Time Board, so naturally, I chose to use this beautiful board that was FREE and not being used in my house.I...

Teacher Toolbox: Organization Central

leslie July 6, 2012 26 Comments
VBS is over and it was beyond AMAZING!!! But now that I don't have my mind racing in a million directions, I can focus on doing stuff for school... including crafting.   So I am finally going to contribute to Tara's Made it Mondays!  I know it's Friday.... but I am going to join on Monday.  You can check out more of her great ideas and other crafters linking up here ...

The No Homework Binder: How to Document the Excuses!

leslie May 19, 2012 38 Comments
Ahhhh  homework... the dreaded word that makes kids groan... not to mention teachers when we have to deal with the million excuses as to why the homework didn't get done the next day.  Read my post on why I think homework is necessary... but evil... here...After 5 years of teaching and having to deal with the homework issue, I have found a way to document all those times it doesn't get...

Mission Organization: Tables

leslie August 30, 2011 1 Comment
This year I have tables.  The past 2 years I have had desks that worked beautifully; however, bigger kids need bigger spaces.  Don't get me wrong....I LOVE my tables compared to the normal "junior high desks".  You know the one with the basket at the bottom that you have to slide into with the arm on one side.  How can you do Science experiments with those?!?  If you are...

New Teacher Advice Linky Party

leslie August 29, 2011 0 Comments
It has been a while since I linked up, but I found a new party about New Teacher Advice that I wanted to join at For the past 2 years, I have run my classroom with the help of a timer.  I live and die by the timer and my students know it after the first week of school.I bought it at Wal-Mart for about $5.00 and it been worth it!  It's also magnetic which is a double plus because I...

Home Sweet Second Home… Classroom Set-up

leslie July 29, 2011 7 Comments
I am OBSESSED with color.  No specific color, just all of them.  So logically my classroom looks like a rainbow blew up in it.  And no... I am not teaching kindergarten or even elementary where this would be most appropriate.  I am teaching 6th grade... I think the kids are supposed to be maturing, but I'm sure my classroom will bring back nostalgic feelings of years long...

Mission Organization: Dice and Card Games

leslie July 28, 2011 10 Comments
A week ago... was it a week ago... yes... well a week and a half ago... I went to CAMT - a math conference for Texas teachers.  I went to a workshop hosted by Box-Cars and One-Eyed Jacks.  They have FANT-A-BULOUS  ideas for games with dice and cards. Since I am starting at a new school, I needed dice and cards for this new station I am going to implement.  So I went...

Library Labels for YOU

leslie July 22, 2011 0 Comments
I finally finished all my labels!! WOOOHOOO!! They are made specifically for the books that I have in my classroom library, but PLEASE feel FREE to download and use them if you wish.  I made them using Printshop 2.0 and you can see more info in my post on library organization.  There are 8 pages with 4 labels per page. Here are pics of 2 of the pages, but you can get them all from the...

Library Organization Strikes Again!

leslie July 17, 2011 3 Comments
Well... it did.  That's what I have been doing all day.  I had my books organized by genre last year, and I really liked it.  This summer my goal was to find out each book's DRA level and put it on the book.  But then I took a 6th grade position from a 4th grade.  At my new school, the ELA teachers don't organize books by DRA... they organize them by grade level...