June 22, 2013

Organization, Motivation, and Bloglovin'

Motivation and Organization Time!  

Linking up with Joanne and Kristen & Elizabeth for their weekly linkies :)



I love pocket charts!!!

Yes, I know it sounds cheesy, but I do...  I use them throughout my room to make things interactive.


I use it for behavior.


The students put their weekly goals in them (that's a dry erase sentence strip).


I keep vocabulary weekly words in them - for all the different subjects.


I put random classroom pictures in them for throughout the year.


I use them for helpers.


I use magnetic ones for daily 5 stations (guess I haven't taken my own picture of it). 

Then I have random ones that I pull out throughout the year for centers, open house braille names, spelling words, etc...  

Do you also use pocket charts?  



Next up is Joanne's Motivation Linky :)

Wanted to share something I did 2 years ago that I have loved using... Vistaprint's Encouragement Cards.  



They are just their "free" business cards that I keep on my desk for a quick grab and give.    The top says, "Just a little note to tell you how wonderful you were in class today."  There is room to write a little note of what I saw that I thought they did great.  Students love them, I have seen them in pencil boxes and used as bookmarks throughout the year.  Not my own idea though, I created it from all the ideas of Stephanie in Teaching in Room 6.  She has a ton of Vistaprint ideas.  

Do you also do some kind of encouragement notes?  

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8 comments:

  1. I love pocket charts too Emily! I like the weekly behavior goals-that's motivational too-a great visual reminder! I never thought of using the business card as a notecard-love it! Thanks for sharing and linking up!
    Joanne
    Head Over Heels For Teaching

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  2. I love the notecard idea...thanks for sharing!
    Kheila
    Two Friends In FIrst

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  3. I always forget about Vista prints. Thanks for the reminder!
    Hunter's Tales from Teaching

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  4. Love your Weekly Goals board! Great idea!

    Jess

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  5. I think your use of pocket charts is great--makes things visible for the kids and nicely organized. Also--great idea with the encouragement card. Thanks for sharing your ideas--this linky is a great idea...

    Smiles,
    Sarah @ Hoots N Hollers

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  6. I love the encouragement cards from Vistaprint. I use a lot of their business cards in the classroom as well!

    Brandi
    Success in Second Grade

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  7. Yep definitely agree with the awesomeness that is your encouragement cards! So easy since they are already printed. And easy to take home! I love the weekly goals idea too. I'm curious to know what were some goals your students would write?

    Amanda
    Reaching for the TOP!

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  8. You are not alone in the love for pocket charts. I just wish they made them in my colors. Last summer, I completely covered one in colored duct tape and it held up all year. I think I will be covering more this summer :) Thanks for linking up!!
    Elizabeth
    Fun in Room 4B

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