Organizing Queen (Sometimes)

Today is the 3rd day of the 2014 B2S Blog Hoppin' Week, and today is all about organization!

I am an organized person by nature. Yes, I am one of those people who say, "Everything has a place." I like any and all things to be organized BUT I will say this....I do have a junk drawer at home and sometimes when I'm a scramble I will shove everything into a closet until I have time to get it organized the way I want it.

*True Confession-I do have a storage closet at school that is in need of a little TLC, but who has time for that when your classroom looked completely upside down and orientation is tomorrow! =)

Here are just a few of my organizing tips:

I got these tubs from Walmart a couple years ago, and labeled them by subject. (I have also labeled them by the days of the week) I put all my copies for each subject in the tubs and it makes it really easy when I need to go grab something for the next lesson. Nothing fancy but helps me keep my copies organized.

These are some of my math manipulatives. Nothing fancy here either but I got these white containers at my favorite place The Dollar Tree, and just slapped on a simple label. This really helps during math small groups so students can easily access math materials.

 

Next up table baskets and tidy tubs. I'm not sure who the original creator is for Tidy Tubs, but if it is you THANKS! My sweet mentor shared this idea with my last year! =) I love these mini trash can Tidy Tubs. I got them from the Dollar Tree and this really helps keep traffic in the classroom at a minimum when we are cutting up paper etc. They have no need to get up and go to the trash can. I have one at each group table, and the table captain empties it when it is full.

  This is where I keep all my classroom supplies (crayons, rulers, glue, etc.) Basically just more baskets and labels. Are you noticing a trend here? =)

 

I spent 9 hours cleaning, organizing, and trying to get things ready for tomorrow. We have our Convocation tomorrow morning and orientation tomorrow afternoon and I still have a few things to get ready, but it will all come together =)

 

I'm super excited to meet my kiddo's tomorrow. (Some of them I had in Kindergarten and I am SO excited to have them again) It's going to be a GREAT year.

 

Leave me a comment and let me know your best organizing tips! I'd love to read them =)

 

Head on over to Blog Hoppin' to check out other great organizing tips =)

 

 

 



 

 



Who is Mrs. Grant???

Hey Friends! So since I am still getting my toes wet with the whole blogging thing and I thought it would be fun to dive right in and participate in the 2014 Blog Hoppin Teacher Week.

 

Here is what you can look forward to this week:

 

So let's get started with Monday!

 

My name is Elizabeth Lee-Ann Hayes Grant. I teach 2nd grade for Gaston County Schools. I work in a title 1 school and LoVe it. I was born and raised in Dallas NC. As my friend Libby would say, "I am a Bi-product of Gaston County Schools." I am so happy and thankful to work for the county that I went to school in. I met my husband when I was in 12th grade. We went to school together for 3 years and never knew each other. (Funny huh?) Once we started dating we never looked back and we are coming up on 10 years together. My handsome husband is a County Planner and I think he is pretty brilliant.

Here's a little flashback to some of our favorite moments.

 

 

               

*Fun Fact-In the photo of our wedding, that is my sweet father in law who married us; such a special moment. 

 

On January 4th 2012 we welcomed our sweet boy Kipton Michael Grant. There are no words to describe how incredible it was to bring this sweet miracle into the world. He has changed our lives for the better. Every day he reminds me how precious life is. I love watching him grow and become his own person. He is full of life and so social. The past 2 1/2 years have flew by but have been the best ride I have ever been on. Meet my heart, my world, my precious loveable boy. (I'm probably a little bias)

 

 

 I'm getting ready to start my 3rd year teaching. My first year I taught Kindergarten, and last year I taught 2nd. I absolutely love 2nd grade. I love the quality of work that students are able to produce. I love all the fun books and activities that we get to do. Our school is very small and we mostly only have 2 teachers per grade level. This year I am teaching with a new teacher who ironically taught Kindergarten last year in my old room, but I am super thrilled. We have become great friends and our work compliments each other well. I am SUPER excited to see all the fun things this year brings along with my new blogging hobby =) Stay tuned for exciting posts in the future.

 

So I will end with 10 things you didn't know about me already! (Thanks for the template Amy Lemons! You are AWESOME! ) If you haven't checked out Amy's Blog head on over. She is brilliant and super friendly.

 

 

 

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