At the beginning of the school year, I said I was going finish sorting through everything the previous health teacher had left for me and I finally did it! It feels so satisfying. I reduced 4 full filing cabinets to this beautiful one to the left. There is one drawer for each class and the hanging files insides are color coded (as are the labels on the outsides) and organized by unit of study. I'm in love! What prompted this was that I found out I would be moving classrooms and my new classroom is significantly smaller than the one I had this year. We had a staff workday and all of my grades were already done for the quarter so I figured I would get it done. There was no way I wanted to have to move all of this stuff just to throw it once I get into the new classroom. I have a much better understanding of what my curriculum so it was much easier to know if I would use or need something as I sort through everything. I also went through my bookshelves again and got that reduced to 9 shelves! All in all it was a ton of work, but it feels really amazing to have it done with! It had been bothering me for a while so It was nice to have the time to do it. I had two overflowing recycling bins worth of things by the end! I will most likely still sort through some things again when I pack stuff up to move, but a majority of the hard work is done! I've already started drawing up plans for how I think I will set up my new classroom. With getting rid of so much clutter, I think everything will fit in the new, much smaller, space!
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AuthorI teach 7-9 Health Education & Computer 7 in rural southwestern Minnesota. I love using technology in my classroom and teaching students about how to live healthy and informed lives.
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