I love this Tried It Tuesday linky! It’s a great place for us to share little things that work (or don’t work) in our classrooms. I’ve gotten so many great ideas from this little party π
I’m going to share with you one of my favorite made-up words… “Binderizing”
My kiddos even know I call it this. My desk and cupboards are filled with binders. Why? Because it’s how I stay organized! I love putting things in sheet protectors and into binders. What I do is first, print the cover of the product (if it’s not a product I’ve made or purchased and it’s just a group of lessons, I make a cover telling the topic.) I make sure to only buy binders that have the clear pocket on the outside to insert the cover. Here’s an example of how I did this with my Reading Informational Text CCS Aligned Pack…
Next, I put a bunch of page protectors in the binder. I either keep each page, or each group of pages on the same topic in the page protector.
I love page protectors because they also can keep the task cards and center activities all in tact, too!
For this pack, I put the “I Can” posters on the front of each page protector, so I know what skill that page protector holds.
Another binder I love is my sub binder. It’s also an easy way for a sub to find and stay organized!
Those of you that do Reading Olympians, I keep the orginals for each set in a page protector, along with the study cards I keep at centers. Keeps everything ready for next year and easily accessible! π
Lastly, I also keep my weekly worksheets in this little file tub. So, when it’s time to use the worksheets, I pull them out of the binder, make copies and put them in the day we will do them. Then, I put extras in the back so if a student loses theirs, they know where to look! Simple and works well!
I like the Wild About, since it pays homeage to your blog title, but any sound great! I'm a huge binder fan too! I made up some stickers that have the full 4th grade ELA and math standards on them as well as the shortened standard on them to help keep things organized! π
Christy
Teaching Tales Along the Yellow Brick Road
Thanks for sharing how you organize your binders. This is a goal of mine for the summer – I have already done ones for home (those were easy – school, ahhh!). Now I have a word to describe how I spent my day – binderizing!
Looking From Third to Fourth
These binders are amazing! I currently keep all my materials together within file folders- but I feel like your system just looks so nice, I have to try it out!
I like your "wild about 200 followers" name for your giveaway. π
I'm happy to donate a product to your giveaway if you are doing a K-2 version. learningtothecore.ac@gmail.com
Aylin
Learning to the Core
The binders are a great idea. I'm finding that I am running out of room in my files because of all the "stuff" I have accumulated. I think it is time to purge, and add some binders to the mix! Thanks for sharing.
Hunter's Tales from Teaching
Thanks for the suggestion! That seems to be the favorite π I love the idea of the stickers!!
It certainly works well– gotta love "binderizing" π
I got so sick of broken file folders– binders work wonders! Thanks so much for offering to contribute! I'll be emailing you soon with details π
Totally can relate to the "stuffed" files! Binders work wonderful π
I LOVE seeing how organized you are! I am trying to find ways to be more organized myself, but the thing is, even when I make binders, I tend to just pile stuff up when I'm done and don't remember to put things BACK into the binders. I really don't know what I'm going to do – files are just horrible for me. I really enjoyed seeing how you do it though, and may have to start up again and try a little harder. Thanks for the motivation!! Totally excited for you to get to almost 200 followers! I just hit 50 today and was SUPER excited so I imagine you are thrilled! Way to go! I love reading your blog!
Angie
Monahan Monkey Madness
This is on my "to do list" for the summer! I just need a lot of time to tackle organizing all the resources I have found this year. Thank you so much for sharing:) I can't remember if I already volunteered to help out with your giveaway, but if not, I am totally in! Anything you need!! I like the "Wild About" title:)
~Holly
Fourth Grade Flipper
I love organized binders! I try so hard to keep organized. I just always have a stack of new papers that need to be put in binders.
~April Walker
The Idea Backpack
Balancing the Backpack