poltsquare.blogg.se - Beginning of year kindergarten activities

I also have a “To Buy” list here to help me remember supplies that I will need to reorder.(I’m usually making notes here during faculty meetings as things come up that need to be completed.)

I use this to notate anything that I need to take care of or projects/events to get ready for throughout they year.

This is also where I notate any specific collaboration projects that are coming up.

I use a from that I created to plan out the week to week lessons within the 9 week grading period.

I have a divider for each of the four 9-week grading periods.

It also allows me to do some vertical planning as I see all grade levels at one time.

I use this as a way to plan big ideas/themes for each grade level.

This way, you can create and print your own cover pages and spine labels to make them look pretty, and make them easier to find. (Sam’s has a set of 8 for approximately $12.00 You can also find really good deals now at all the stores for their “Back To School” promotions). If you’ve read any of my previous blogs, you might have guessed that I’m a bit of a nerd when it comes to organization! And the beginning of the school year is no time to forget how much I love to do this! So, if you would like to keep your sanity with all the work that is about to come your way, follow in my footsteps and start finding or purchasing BINDERS now! My favorite kind of binder is the Presentation View binders which have the plastic see-through front and back.

I’ve been thinking about this even more right now as we have two brand new librarians that will be starting that are already feeling overwhelmed (and they don’t even know what’s coming!) LOL! But with the happy smile comes the slight grimace of all the things that need to get done at the beginning of the year.