Thursday is National Clean Off Your Desk Day!
The "busy"ness we all juggle while school is in full swing tends to leave our desks in heaps. Even my students' desks tend to be in shambles. I've been unable to discover a quick, effective fix for my desk. I usually spend an afternoon cleaning before each of our 9-week breaks.
However, I have tweaked a system and an incentive for my students to KEEP their desks tidy!
- ALL papers have a home...turned in, mailboxes to take home, OR file 13 - recycled!
- Journals are kept in student mailboxes until needed.
- Books from our classroom library are kept in "Book Pockets" on the back of student chairs.
- The Desk Fairy appears during the evening occasionally and leaves a special A+ cone with a treat on the three tidiest desks! The students LoVe this part!
Do you have a trick or organizational system to help yourself or your students maintain a tidy desk? If so, please share a comment below!
Friday is Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday and Hat Day!
Since Martin Luther King Day is Monday, you can finish your week with a short study of his life. Black History month is February, so you could easily introduce him now and elaborate later. Simply share a read aloud to your students, such as "Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King" and discuss his importance in desegregation. Click the title above to view the book at Amazon.com.
Hat Day! What fun! Have your students wear their favorite hat to school and share why it's their favorite. Then have them describe their favorite hat using as many adjectives possible. They can draw their hat and write the adjectives around it.
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