Welcome teaching friends! I'm beyond excited to start off this weekly blogging party. My family and I are moving this week and I wanted to leave you guys with some exciting tips and a few freebies from a few of my blogging friends. They are going to share their experiences with moving and a few organizational tips to help after your classroom move. They have some AWESOME tips and freebies planned for you guys.
Here is what this week will look like ....
Day 1 (July 1st) - Tips on how to organize your new class library from ME :)
Day 2 (July 2nd) - Five Tips to Make Moving Easy from
Mrs. Dailey's Classroom
Day 3 (July 3rd) - Before and After Moving Tips from
Teachers Are Terrific
Day 4 (July 4th) - Organizing Math Centers and Manipulatives from
Anchored in Learning
Day 5 (July 5th) - DOs and DON'Ts of Moving from
My KinderGarden
Day 6 (July 6th) - Storage and Organizing Tips from
Planet Happy Smiles
Day 7 (July 7th) - Link Up with your favorite Organizational Tip or Pin
So, first up is my post about organizing your new classroom library. I hope you enjoy it!
I've moved to four different classrooms, and last year I moved from First Grade to Second Grade. I moved from being in a downstairs room to being in an upstairs room. It was a difficult move! Thank goodness my school has an elevator! My only request for this school year was to not move again! I'm very blessed to be staying in Second and I will have the same amazing partner!
When I moved into my new classroom, I was a little overwhelmed because there were a lot of classroom books! In all my years of teaching, I have had to deal with hardly any books so it was a good surprise. I just had to figure out how to organize them. A lot of the classroom books were already leveled, so I decided to have a section of leveled books for station time.
I found these book boxes in the Target Dollar Spot and they are pretty sturdy. They lasted all year and are still in great shape! I will definitely be using them again. I printed out some labels and glued them on using Modge Podge.
Then, I put Modge Podge over the top to seal them down and I had a box to put all of the level 18 books. They dry on clear and the students aren't able to peel them off. Perfect! When the kids were picking a book during stations, they clipped their clothespin to the outside of the box. It helped them put their book back in the correct box. I'm sad because I don't have a picture of their clips, but I will definitely remember to take one next year.
Here are the labels that I used for my book boxes. I hope you like them and can use them in your classroom.
Thanks for joining me for Day 1 and I hope to see you back tomorrow for Day 2!
