Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Tippy Tuesday

I am a basket girl. I organize everything in baskets. My teaching BFF usually made fun of me for it, before she retired. But I love baskets. I buy them even when I have nothing to store in them thinking that I can come up with something. Plus, what if they run out?! I would be so sad! Anyways, I never realized that having a basket for everything can sometimes make things take longer than they should!

When I was in the classroom, my individual student white boards had a basket, along with the markers and the erasers having there own baskets. That means three students to pass them out. Pokily! Until recently when I saw a geniusly simple idea to make it SO much faster. I don't remember where I saw this idea, but if it's yours please let me know!


Instead of having all three items in separate baskets, I put them in a Ziploc bag.  The one gallon bags are a little small, but if the bags were bigger, there would be leftover space in the bag, causing air to stay in the bag and make it puffy.  So I am good with the one gallon size!  I also numbered the bags so each student would know which bag is theirs!  This will make it a lot easier when passing them out.  I could even continue with my love for baskets and sort them by table to organize further! 

And that is todays tip!  Does everyone else already do this?  Am I the last one to the party?  Are you basket crazy too?  Leave me a comment and let me know:>!

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4 comments:

  1. What a great idea! I have mine stacked with sock in between them. But... I'm liking this idea much better. :-)


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  2. Such a great idea! I have everything in separate bins and it takes forever for 27 first graders to get one of each. Plus, they always argue over markers. I think I HAVE to try this out! :)

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  3. Cute blog. I just awarded you the "One Beautiful Blog" award. Stop by my blog to grab your award.

    Sarah
    Mackey'sClassroom

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  4. Great blog! I'm following you now. Another good thing to use for erasers besides socks if you don't have any is used dryer sheets. I know most people have plenty of those hanging around! :) Thanks for the freebies. I'll be stopping by again soon!

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