Monday Made It #2

Happy Monday ya'll! I hope you are staying cool in this hot month of July! I am excited to link up again with Tara from 4th Grade Frolics for Monday Made it!

I honestly have no idea what I did before there was Instagram. I think it is my favorite social media outlet! Especially for teachers! I get so many good ideas and things I want to try or use in my classroom. I was perusing my feed and saw some of the amazing things the Target Back to School Section has. My eye was caught on the magnetic locker bins. I am always losing my dry erase markers and erasers, so I bought them! The long one can be found here, the shorter one can be found here!

They are relatively cheap. The longer one was only $3.99, and the shorter one was only $2.99. 

The magnets on the baskets are very strong, so you don't have to worry about it sliding down your white board!

I wanted to make labels for these bins because who doesn't love labels?! I also love to label things for my students just for them to know where things go in the classroom. 

I am going to use the long one for my dry erase markers.

The shorter one fits white board erasers perfectly. I think it'll even fit two erasers!

First, I laminated both of the labels to make them more durable because I tried without laminating and it one, didn't look good, and two, it was too flimsy. 

I then used these velcro circles to attach the labels to the bins. I tried magnets and tape, and neither of them worked at well as the velcro. They seem to be staying with out feeling like they are going to fall off.

After attaching the labels, the bins were ready to go and be used on my white board!

I have created a FREEBIE for you. If you are wanting these labels to use in your classroom, you're in luck! I have made a freebie on my TeachersPayTeachers store that includes 8 different colors of the labels! Click the picture below to get your labels! 

Until next time,

Task Card Organization

If you are anything like me, you have a ton of task cards floating around in your files. I normally cannot find them and end up printing and laminating them again. Such a waste. I am putting an end to the waste of paper, ink, lamination, and time. Teachers already need more time. If you need help organizing all of your task cards, read on to see how I'm going to do it.

I am using the IRIS 4x6 Photo Cases I bought from Michael's on super sale over the July 4th weekend. I have linked them from Amazon, if you want to purchase some for yourself.

I personally feel like I have more math task cards than anything, so I focused on my math topics. I chose what topics went together and put them on a label together. When I get back into my classroom I am going to put my task cards in the corresponding container

I made these simple labels that I cut out, and should've laminated, then taped on with packing tape. It was that easy!

These labels fit perfectly on the top lid of the photo cases.

In the classroom, these will be great when preparing your math centers, literacy stations, or class scoots. I cannot wait to go to the container I need rather than going to my TPT purchases or computer to find the ones I am looking for!

These also give me no excuse to organize the new task cards I make or purchase.

If you are interested in organizing your task cards I have made these labels accessible to you! I have put the labels in my TPT Store the labels, click the picture below to get these for your classroom!

Here are behind the scenes pictures to show that it isn't all hunky dory. I work best in a mess, don't judge.

I also had an ongoing battle with the stickers. That is all I am going to say about that.

Happy organizing :)

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