Holy Moly,
School is Almost Back in Session!
(Shameless plug - TPT is having a Back to School sale!
Go to my newly named TPT store: Thakkars Thinkers,
it's all on sale! Ok, back to our regularly scheduled programming!)
You may remember my supplies from last year.
Very organized, pretty straight forward.
What you see: Crayon Drawer - Get the labels!
Cups for colored pencils - labeled with the color that belongs in it
Construction paper
Sharp and Dull Pencil baskets
Blue cups - pencils
Red cups - colored pencils
Baskets of new crayons!
Marker pack
Glue
Scissors
Around mid - March, for a variety of
reasons, I decided to switch over to bins.
The blue (pencil) cup and red (colored pencil) cup are in each bin + a crayon bin, all labeled with the table number.
I am debating buying all the same color or a certain color scheme for next year, but in reality, it probably will stay the same until the bins break!
Let's be honest... The MAIN reason was that I
needed something clip the table numbers to.
After re-taping the table numbers more than twice, I was just sick of kids picking at it. I also used to stick a "word wall" to my tables, with a circle for the pencil cup. I wanted to reinstate that idea, and I also wanted them to be able to move and manipulate the "word wall." The word wall is another of my ideas out of desperation. I don't really have any great centralized space for a word wall (someone wouldn't be able to see it or would need to get up all the time). I also wanted the word wall to be an activity for "fast finishers" who needed a challenge. I have some of the words up each quarter in the reading area, but this way they can see them. I'm debating making 4 to clip one to each side (instead of just one like you see here, so each child would have one) and making a new "dictionary" center where they go to the library website, click on the dictionary link, look up a set amount of words, and record them. (This was literally just a thought that popped into my head).
Want the word wall? Leave a comment with your email and I'll send you the file!
Keep reading!
Ms. Dhruv