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Ooh, ooh, my favorite idea...
By Holly
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I think I got this from Harry Wong's First Days of School... I start the year with a jar full of sharpened pencils, point-end up. I also present each student with two sharpened pencils at their desk with cushy-grips. =o)| I don't allow students to sharpen their pencil in class - instead they take their dull/broken pencil and trade iit in for a sharp one from the pot (they keep their grips). Dull/broken pencils go in upside-down. At the end of the day, during clean-up time, a student (can be job or anyone) can use the electric pencil sharpener to sharpen the dull pencils. Beside the pencil pot, I put | |
some jars with pencil-end-erasers, colored paper-clips, rubber bands, post-it notes, small stapler, and a stock of notebook paper. I also put a basket there for lost & found or extra markers, erasers, rulers, whatever. Communal: Paper, pencils, kleenex At desk: 2 pencils, one eraser, one pen, ruler In personal bin: markers, crayons, glue, scissors, etc. I like to buy my students' folders myself, because I'm anal and want them to all be the same color/style for different subjects. But I shop sales, and have been lucky to pay only like a nickel per folder - 25 cents per student. I print out labels (subject, student name, my name, grade level) on my computer for them. I don't like my students' desks to be crammed full, so not much goes in there. I put most textbooks on shelves, with student #'s showing on the spines. I have supplies for the first day already available, so that the students can get right to work. I hope this rambling addresses your question, LOL. =o)
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