Desk Clutter, Oh My!

Hi Friends!

Does the clutter in some of your students' desks make it difficult for them to find things in a hurry?

If so, here's a couple of ideas I got from a friend that teaches first grade.  Her name is

Amanda and she was nice enough to let me take some pictures to share with you.

Take a look!

The cloth desk pocket is held in place with plastic gutter hooks that are normally used for holiday lights.
The blue plastic cup has a lip that holds it securely in place.  She bought the cups at IKEA.
Amanda has the kids put their math crayons, scissors, glue, highlighter and pencil inside the cup so
there's no searching through their desks for these often used items.

 

 

 



Best Purchase EVER!

Hi Friends!

Today I'd like to share one of the best things I have ever purchased for my classroom.

It's actually a garment rack that I bought from Walmart several years ago.

I have used it more than any other item in my classroom.

Here are some pictures with descriptions of how I use it.

This is no ordinary garment rack.  It has four sides, a top and bottom shelf & it's on wheels!!

I hang my blue pocket chart on one side & red one on the other.

On this side I hang a small tablet chart with jumprope rhymes for our brain breaks.

This side has a metal arm that comes out where I can hang anchor charts. The other side has one, too.

The top has a shelf where I store lots of my big books and charts.

The bottom shelf is where I store tubs of listening center books/cd's.

There are so many ways to use this garment rack.  I love it because it doesn't take up much space,
I can move it around quickly because it is on wheels & there's lots of storage options.
I went to www.walmart.com and typed garment rack in the search box.
It looks like they still have it available.  It's around $50.00.
Here's the link. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Canopy-Heavy-Duty-Garment-Rack-Bronze/15627387
Best puchase EVER!!!