Comments on: 5 Teacher Organization Tips for Middle School https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/ Student-Centered Math Lessons Fri, 30 Jun 2023 20:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Monica https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-11878 Wed, 12 Jun 2019 16:51:36 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-11878 Great ideas! A friend got me to start doing this. If a student misses a quiz or test, l put them altogether in a binder clip with a blank sheet on the front that has their first names, the name of the assessment, and the date it was given. Then using a magnetic push pin I hang it on the whiteboard nearest my desk. When they come to make it up, I can find it easily. It also provides me with a quick place to glance and give them reminders. I don’t have to shuffle through a stack of missed papers. I have two preps, sometimes three, so I also include the class name on the front sheet. It’s very gratifying to discard the front sheet once everyone has completed the assessment.

]]> By: Jeanne https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-8583 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 01:46:46 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-8583 WOW! I have been teaching high school business for 20+ years, but learned a lot from this math site (I teach accounting and have found many similarities between teaching that and math!).

Thanks for teaching an old dog new tricks!

]]> By: Tyne Brack https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-8386 Fri, 22 Jun 2018 15:46:42 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-8386 In reply to Amphasis.

Happy to help!

]]> By: Amphasis https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-8333 Mon, 28 May 2018 18:34:15 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-8333 Those binder clips for hanging forms is really a great idea, thank you for enlightening me.

]]> By: Kayla https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-5801 Sat, 08 Jul 2017 12:25:56 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-5801 In reply to Stacey.

I use these envelopes to store small cards (task cards). Punch holes in the envelopes, place the cards inside, and store in the unit binder.

http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/330744/Office-Depot-Brand-Clasp-Envelopes-6/

]]> By: Noelle Pickering https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-5673 Sat, 01 Jul 2017 19:52:05 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-5673 In reply to Judy.

I have only tried Expo brand. Let me know if you find another that works well.

]]> By: Judy https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-5467 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:50:16 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-5467 I am wondering what kind of markers will write on windows and then can be erased by rubbing off. Do you know of a brand that works?

]]> By: Noelle Pickering https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-3991 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 19:34:12 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-3991 In reply to Jayde Dragon.

That is an idea! I liked to give students time to get started on it, because I found they were more likely to have it complete the next day.

]]> By: Meredith https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-3931 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 18:37:35 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-3931 She must teach at a charter school :). I (along with every teacher at my charter school) had the EXACT same strategies and organization tools. So funny to know that many charter schools nationwide have very similar procedures. I still use the same tools and tips even though I moved away from the charter school life. LOVE it.

]]> By: Jayde Dragon https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-3407 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:12:58 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-3407 In reply to Gail Richards.

Assign Homework at the end of the day instead. That way they can’t do it while doing classwork. Still have them qrite it down at the beginnig of class, but then give it to them at the end.

]]> By: Noelle Pickering https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-1407 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 20:13:42 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-1407 In reply to Krystal L. Smith.

Yay! Let me know how it goes.

]]> By: Krystal L. Smith https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-1220 Mon, 19 Sep 2016 03:45:38 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-1220 I absolutely love these tips! I waste at least 3-5 min placing seat work on my students desks after work for the day before so it’s there when they arrive for class. I am certainly buying some command strips and a door basket tomorrow and putting all the seat work there. My mind is blown… I already stand at the door so, this just adds to the convenience. I also like the caddy holding all of the important items a teacher needs throughout the day. I have an extra caddy in my room, so i’ll implement that organizational tip tomorrow! Thank you for sharing!
Krystal

]]> By: Noelle Pickering https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-720 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:24:02 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-720 In reply to Gail Richards.

Thank you for your kind words, Gail!

]]> By: Gail Richards https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-711 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 03:01:23 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-711 In reply to Noelle Pickering.

Yes, I think I’m going to try it that way. Thank you for sharing all this great information. It is hard to find anything online about the middle school classroom. I appreciate your willingness to share.

]]> By: Noelle Pickering https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-707 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 18:40:07 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-707 In reply to Gail Richards.

Hi Gail! I have done it several different ways, but the most successful was when students had a school wide agenda. They would spend warm up time on Monday writing down the homework assignments in their agenda for the week. Hope that helps!

]]> By: Gail Richards https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-706 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:37:51 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-706 I noticed you have the kids write down the homework at the beginning of the class, which would make it much easier for the teacher, but I have found if I do that they try to do it in class, instead of focusing on class work. Do you have that problem, and if so, how do deal with that?

]]> By: Kimberly https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-651 Sat, 18 Jun 2016 22:26:12 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-651 http://www.containerstore.com/s/poppin-zip-folios/d?productId=11001080&q=envelopes

These may work well too.

]]> By: Janet Beane https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-533 Tue, 31 May 2016 18:15:26 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-533 In reply to Stacey.

You can get an over-the-door rack (the kind with one or more bars instead of hooks), reinforce a corner of the bag with packing tape and punch a hole through the reinforcement, and then hook them onto the rack with S-hooks. They are out of the way and yet quite visible. Also, they won’t slid under each other. I use this for pair-work games (lots of pieces, don’t weigh much), although I had to get a stick-on towel rack and put it on the side of my file cabinet since my only door opens out to the outside.

]]> By: Noelle Pickering https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-511 Sun, 22 May 2016 10:59:01 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-511 In reply to Stacey.

Stacey, thanks so much for your comment and question. You sound so organized! These are a little more pricey, but I have heard great things about these “project cases” that you can get on amazon (affiliate link) or at the office supply store. They hold the larger pieces, but also fit in a file cabinet. Win-win! Note- if you order online be sure to check the dimensions, I found several that were 12 x 12, which wont fit in typical file cabinet.

http://amzn.to/1s2smfe

]]> By: Stacey https://www.maneuveringthemiddle.com/5-teacher-organization-tips-for-middle-school/#comment-482 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:34:23 +0000 https://mtmmigration.flywheelsites.com/?p=1144#comment-482 Awesome organization ideas! I have purchased an abundant of TPT products that I love, but I am having trouble storing them and keeping them organized. For instance, I have a lot of activities with a full page of instruction with task cards that I have laminated. I also have numerous 8×10 station cards, tic tac toe boards, scavenger hunts, and math libs (all great activities and everything is laminated) and I can easily store these in my one tall cabinet nicely labeled. However, activities with task cards and boards games (8 x 10 laminated piece of paper with lots of little cards as questions) are sitting in a large ziploc bag labeled in a one large tub. How can I store items like this so they are easy to find and are not just in one bug tub? Any suggestions are welcomed.
Thanks,

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