How do you Organize your materials?

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Permalink Reply by parrothead on February 22, 2009 at 6:50pm

My current cards are in a file box. My cards from Level 1 are on a shelf - just sitting there waiting to be lost. My tiles are in zipper bags. I have a bag for current tiles and a bag for to be used later tiles. The books are on the language arts shelf. The progress chart is hanging from the bulletin board.

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Permalink Reply by Marie Rippel on February 22, 2009 at 9:49pm

Organization, my favorite topic!

- For my own copy of the cards, I store the cards in a box like this one: http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/154823/Globe-Weis-Index-Card-.... It has a "follower" to prop up the cards when the box isn't full.

- When I was looking for a picture of the box I have, I saw this one: http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/555704/Snap-N-Store-Index-Car.... This looks like a good box for the price ($5.95). I can't tell from the photo if it contains a "follower" to hold the cards upright, but it probably doesn't.

- For my students, I use a regular 3x5" index card box. When the student moves to a new level, I remove the Word Cards that they have completely mastered to make room for the new cards.

- I keep the students' progress charts posted on the wall, with a basket of fun stickers nearby.

- Other material such as Word Banks, Completion Certificates, etc., are stored in a manila folder with the student's name on it.

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Permalink Reply by Karen on February 23, 2009 at 3:04pm

When you use a regular 3x5" index card box, how do you keep the first divider from getting "beat up?" We are doing level 1 and we just started in January. My first divider looks pretty ragged. Do you typically laminate the dividers? At the current rate, we will have to buy new dividers! :)

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Permalink Reply by alilac on February 23, 2009 at 3:48pm

Try putting some clear contact paper over it. A cheap alternative.

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Permalink Reply by Karen on February 23, 2009 at 4:40pm

Good idea. I will do this. Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by siloam on February 23, 2009 at 6:48pm

I actually did it (clear contact paper) once and they were still a bit ragged, so I had to put a second coat layer on them. Then I bought a bigger file, so they didn't get crushed when I close the lid. ;)

Heather

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Permalink Reply by Merry on February 23, 2009 at 6:39pm

Well, new dividers come with each material packet, so that helps! When I was using a regular box, what I did was put all of the mastered cards in front without a divider.

Merry :-)

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Permalink Reply by Karen on February 23, 2009 at 6:43pm

So, you get new dividers with each level? Are they labeled with the same or different categories?

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Permalink Reply by Merry on February 23, 2009 at 6:47pm

Yup, they come in each material pack & are labeled the same I believe (to tell the truth, I didn't cut them out when we moved up, LOL! I just reused the ones I had been using! The tabs require scissors & I was all about my new cutter when we moved up a level, ha-ha!).

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Permalink Reply by parrothead on February 23, 2009 at 6:52pm

I'm saving mine for when my original ones get ratty. I'm not sure what I'll do when we get through the program and have 3 sets of cards not cut out. LOL

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Permalink Reply by Karen on February 23, 2009 at 7:07pm

My dd is still on Level 1, but we are making good progress, so I shall soon have to order Level 2. Then, I can have new cards. Yeah! I am so glad to hear that I automatically get new cards. I was getting bummed out about my ratty cards. I think it is the "accountant" in me. I like everything neat and orderly. :)

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Permalink Reply by Jaime Gravitt on September 18, 2009 at 2:04pm

I laminated my dividers and I use a 3x5 card box that is roomier than most. It's by Sterilite and you can get it at walmart (although sometimes they don't have them).

http://www.housewaresandbeyond.com/p14051-Sterilite-1771-Micro-Flip...

at walmart they are $1.00 each

There is even room inside them for all the level 2 cards and since they are larger in width as well, they offer a small spot on the sides of the cards to put the small tags (syllable tags, vowel teams, etc...)

And they don't squish my dividers!!

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