Here is where I store my materials for the entire week. This is such a great tool because then there are never papers piled up and I can copy stuff ahead of time!
My classroom library is also organized so that the students always know where to put a book when they are done. Each basket has a label with the "genre" and it is in a certain color. The color on the label matches a small round circle on the bottom of the book. The children then know where to place the book after they are done reading it! I also try and put a dot on the label just in case the color is a little different, or if I put a design on the sticker!
It is not that easy to organize entire classroom. It takes a lot of efforts to make sure everything is set in a right order. I never knew how to organize a classroom, so that it was a good fit for students, contained no distractions and same time was cozy to spend lots of time in it. I think that there has to be special techniques for this. For example, if students need to write an essay, they need to do it in an atmosphere which would only help them. Otherwise, they may turn to research papers by skilled writers and there is nothing you can really do about it.
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