Color Coding School Supplies

Hey, Friends! It's Amber from Peppy Zesty Teacherista. 

Today I'm sharing with y'all a little tip that has saved me in the classroom.

I'm a self contained third grade teacher so papers and projects are flying left and right. 

Sometimes we don't finish all our work because time just gets the best of us. I DO want them to save it so they can continue the next day, but shoving all those papers into one hub just wasn't working for me. 

As a result, my team decided to color code each subject.

Reading: Green

Math: Red

Writing: Yellow

Science/Social Studies: Purple 

(This year we combined these subject but last year they had their own color)

Daily Problem Solving: Blue

I used masking tape (painter's tape words really well) to place in the side of the notebooks.

Each interactive notebook has a colored folder that matches the subject. If you don't finish your writing assignment, place it in the yellow folder. Time to do a reading interactive notebook? Get out your green notebook.

At the beginning of the year, I place colored tape on the spine of the notebook to easily differentiate. 

I hope this post helps spark some idea for helping contain the chaos in a self contained classroom! 

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