With over 400 students visiting our STEAM room every week, it’s important to have a variety of recyclables and materials on hand for engineer design process challenges. Students love shopping for the “just right” pieces that will help to bring…
One might think I own stock in plastic storage solutions, but I don’t. I just realize that a well organized classroom is beneficial for many reasons. Organization leads to students who understand structure and can carry out routines and expectations…
I’m revamping the way I do my weekly lesson plans. In an effort to lessen the amount of time it takes me to lesson plan, I’m utilizing something that I already create for my students to create my new lesson…
I was reluctant to get on the GOOGLE Bandwagon. It was mostly Google Drive’s fault. I just couldn’t dream of giving up Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. For two years I missed out on the wonderful opportunities that Google Apps provide…
My classroom has been referred to as “Meacham’s Store” — and for good reason! I like to be prepared, and my preparedness helps others in need. I’m most notorious for being able to provide a disposable contact lens to a teacher…
Ever need a “redo” in your life? We’re lucky that we get a “redo” every new school year. One of my favorite things to “redo” is room arrangement. For room arrangement I consider, traffic flow, work spaces, and teaching spaces….
Ugh! WHY, oh why haven’t I thought of these organizational systems earlier?! Missing Parts: This friendly container solves the problem of lost manipulatives, game pieces, and other ods and ends. We just add lost things to this basket I take care of them when I…
I keep a dish/tub/bin full of my Scholastic Book Club resources. Whenever I get something that is related to book clubs, I toss it into the dish/tub/bin. Download Scholastic Book Club Documents – At the end of August, before school…
My classroom has tables, and I don’t like to store things on the tables, so we have storage boxes that I supply for students. I bought these 3-drawer units from Wal-Mart. I think Target has them too. They were approximately…
Because I choose to have tables instead of student desks, we need to find a place to store our math workbooks; BEE books; poetry binders; and notebooks for writing, word work, reading, science, and social studies. We store them in…
