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18 Amazing Classroom Organization Tips and Tricks

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18 Amazing Classroom Organization Tips and Tricks

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Incredible ideas to keep your classroom in it's prime organization!

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Summer has finally arrived for me! And somehow one week of summer vacation has me itching to plan for next school year or at least for the cute pinterest inspired part of starting a new school year. Not so much the actual work part though! Keep reading for some awesome classroom organization ideas!

Ready to join me in some vicarious organization enabled by Pinterest?

Here are my favorite classroom organization finds shared by some very creative teachers. Click each picture to head on over to their blogs:
1. Sort construction paper into a filing box.
No more random crumpled edges & you can easily spot any colors you are running low on. So much better than my current system of shoving construction paper into drawers & keeping my fingers crossed that I'll have enough of each color when I need it.
2. Store math games in plastic bags & hang them on a towel rack.
I'm so doing this for my math workshop menu choices next year! I had a hard time keeping enough supplies out for multiple math games at a time without it looking like a small hurricane has blown through my classroom so this looks like a perfect solution.
3. Store base ten blocks in supply caddies.
I spent this entire school year thinking I didn't own any of these blocks until afterschool on our very last day when I discovered my dusty class set of foam base ten blocks! So frustrating but at least I'll be ready for next year. This idea is brilliant! When the kids clean up they get to sort ones, tens, & hundreds one more time.
4. Label, label, label!
I had a really hard time choosing just one adorable & perfectly labeled picture from this gorgeous classroom. Seriously, you must click the photo below and give yourself some time to take it all in! Amazingly cute & functional! As my good friend Liz Lemon would say, "I want to go to there!"
5. Then add more labels!
I don't know how I've been living all this time without knowing that self adhesive chalkboard vinyl exists! So many fun possibilities starting with these fun teacher supply jars.
6. Color code your curriculum files by subject.
One of my big summer goals this year is to purge my files and hopefully eliminate one of my file cabinets. If I survive the file downsizing this will be my next project.
7. Sort extra crayons by color.
Wouldn't it be great if this eliminated some of the daily, "Where's my (fill in any color here) crayon?" Maybe it was just the group of kiddos I had this year but missing crayons was quite a frequent (& dramatic) event. And I love anything that incorporates another rainbow into my classroom!
8. Use plastic dishpans to store classroom library books.
I am a girl who loves her plastic containers a little too much so I thought I had seen all of the classroom storage options at this point. I am so happy to be wrong! These are amazing! I love that they are clear and wide to store odd sized books. This entire classroom is so beautiful & very organized. Click through to see more!
9. Store earbuds in a plastic bead box with numbered sections.
This year was my first year to have the kids bring in headphones to use and it was a hot mess! I had kids losing headphones left & right not to mention that some kids brought really big and really expensive ones to school which were hard to store & gave me some serious anxiety about anything happening to them. I'm hoping to encourage next year's kids to just bring simple earbuds and then we are going to give this box storage a whirl.
10. Store extra scrapbook & construction paper by color.
I love using scrapbook paper but I really hate how spendy it is. And I hate it even more when I see kids destroying the scraps or just dumping them once they are finished. This year I had a tub for kids to save the scraps in but having all colors in one tub made it time consuming to dig through when we needed more for a new project. I don't know if I can fit something like this in my room space wise for next year but I'm going to try to make it work as Tim Gunn would say 😉
11. Set up a check out station for your classroom library
I love how you could reuse this from one year to the next using class numbers rather than names. It might be a little ambitious for my first graders to manage at the start of the school year but I think by mid-year they will be up for the challenge. This is another photo that leads to an amazingly inspiring classroom tour so be sure to click through to see the rest of this room!
12. Label & separate each child's crayons on the group supply caddy.
I always struggle with class supplies and I feel like I've tried everything from individual pencil boxes to store everything for each child to group supply baskets with no names on anything. I like this idea because it meets somewhere in the middle. I'm getting ready for my 10th year of teaching and I'm pretty sure I've used 9 different ways to organize the supplies. Maybe this will be the one to stick!
13. Store emergency sub plans in a well labeled container.
I've always done emergency sub plans in a binder but I like this idea even more- you could put read alouds & any other needed materials right in with the plans. This way it would definitely be easy to spot too!
14. Gather copies & materials for the whole week in one spot.
I used some rainbow dividers from Lakeshore for this same type of storage but I could never fit everything I needed into each day's container. I love how roomy these bins are and that they stack to save on counter space. Especially since I have no free counter space at this point!
15. Store ipods in labeled caddies.
Since I'm busy organizing my imaginary classroom this evening I'm going to store my imaginary ipods in these cute containers. Fingers crossed I'll have some real technology to store in the future!
16. Separate teaching resource books by topic.
I spend way too much time squinting at the teeny tiny titles on the spines of skinny teaching resource books trying to find stuff. This will save me so much time and hopefully eliminate eye strain too!
17. Store puzzles in pencil pouches.
I am in favor of anything that means I can get rid of the severely abused cardboard boxes my rainy day puzzles live in! Such a great idea! I'm putting these pouches on my back to school shopping list.
18. Sort prep materials for aides & volunteers in plastic drawers.
Somehow I think this system will work much better than my current system, especially because my current system is one giant pile of papers with post-its barely hanging on!

Doesn't it all just make you want to head to the Container Store immediately?!

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18 Amazing Classroom Organization Tips & Tricks

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Summer has finally arrived for me! And somehow one week of summer vacation has me itching to plan for next school year or at least for the cute pinterest inspired part of starting a new school year. Not so much the actual work part though! Keep reading for some awesome classroom organization ideas!

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Physical Arrangement of the Classroom   

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Physical Arrangement of the Classroom   

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Learn how the physical arrangement of your classroom impacts the success of your

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This site is designed to give some new ideas and fresh perspective for a classroom set up with several possible student desk arrangements for class sizes from 16-24.

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Looking for new ideas for how to set up student classroom desks? You have come to the right place! This site is designed to give you some new ideas and fresh perspective for our classroom set up!

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Peer status and classroom seating arrangements

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Peer status and classroom seating arrangements

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This study addresses the associations of classroom seating

arrangements with peer status using the social relations model.

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Here are some options for seating students in a cooperative learning classrooms.

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Here are some options for seating students in a cooperative learning classrooms based on whether you want them to sit together all day long or just for certain activities.

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This video shows us a real teacher and how she organizes her classroom learning stations

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Learning Centers / Stations for Middle and High School

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Classroom Management Strategies To Take Control Of Noisy Students

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Dollar Tree Stuff for Teachers & Classroom Ideas

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http://bit.ly/op7wSc (Click on the preceding link for the Fall Math and Literacy Centers that are mentioned in this video). Organizing classroom learning centers can be difficult. The key is to be consistent so that students know what to expect with each new center.

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Ergonomic design of classroom furniture.

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Ergonomic design of classroom furniture.

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What size and style of your furniture is best for your classroom?

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By "The Super Organizer"
See how a 'real' teacher organizes her classroom as she shows us around!

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How to Organize Your Classroom, from Instructor Magazine

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Instructor Magazine visited two elementary schools-Town Center and Millstone River-in Plainsboro, New Jersey to see how real teachers organize their classrooms. The teachers we met had gorgeous, exciting classrooms, brimming with creative solutions to common problems. They invited us in, video camera in tow, and shared their best ideas.

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Ideas for how to use the classroom space allocated for your teaching area.

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There are many variables here. Many new teachers must share space, some poor souls have nothing but a wandering cart and go from classroom to classroom. Elementary teachers have different activity centers and types of tables or student desks than secondary teachers. Subject matter makes a difference, too.

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Teachers blog to help you come up with the best and most realistic stations for your classroom.

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How to Get Your Classroom Centers Started - The Autism Helper

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Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism

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What is the most effective way to arrange an elementary classroom?

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What is the most effective way to arrange an elementary classroom?