Finished work bin classroom organization

There is something about the structure and routine of Michaela's Especially Education task boxes students are drawn to. They take immense pride in showing off their finished work, keeping all the materials together, and putting the tasks away into their rightful places.

Are you looking for ways to get your classroom organized? As an early elementary teacher, I am giving you my best classroom organization ideas to help you. Classroom library organization can be easily completed with bins and labels. I love school supply organization and pencil organization in the classroom to help my K-2 students. Turning in work in the classroom, the unfinished work folder, and student material organization are all important systems to help you as the teacher.

One thing I know for sure is that our use of math manipulatives is going to look very different. With these printable versions, we can use them in the classroom (and not worry about sharing supplies), or send them to families to support remote learning.

Being a teacher is NOT an easy job! But with a few tricks of the trade you can save yourself some precious time and stay sane...

Here's a simple idea to help manage incomplete tasks in the classroom. Attach a finished label to one tray, and an unfinished label to another. All the finished sheets are in one place for marking, and students have easy access to incomplete tasks should they find some extra time during the week to continue working on the activity. By looking through the unfinished tray, I can get a quick idea of who is struggling with a concept. I can then adjust the activities and/or work load and provide…