Organization & Classroom Management

I cannot stress this enough-> Regardless of how good of a teacher you may be, if you are not organized and managing your classroom, your good teaching will not show.   I was so over students losing pencils, erasers, highlighters, dry erase markers, slowness with getting dictionaries, etc.  I stayed after work to correct this situation.  In each cup I gave the students two sharpened pencils, an eraser, one highlighter, a dry erase marker, their assessment guide and our class pledge.  That was the best decision I could have made to improve the structure of my classroom environment.  I also placed a thesaurus and a dictionary on their desk with their calculator.  Everything they could possible need was within their reach. GLORY!   I informed students the next day that I expected their desk to be organized like mine.  I explained to them that everything that was in that cup was done on my time and with my dime, losing them would have consequences. Enough said.  Let’s just say class ran smoothly. I have a perfect 4 in Compass in the area of management.  #boom  Pictures below…..