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Getting the Classroom Back to School Ready {student work display}

Hey there!  This post has taken way too long to get posted so it’s not really a back to school idea…hopefully it will still be beneficial! 🙂  I wanted a way to cover my blank whiteboards for open house and back to school before I started utilizing the whiteboards so I made these dazzling little displays!  

I am not very crafty AT ALL so anything that I have to make must require very few steps lol!  Here is a list of the supplies I needed:

-Colored scrapbook paper
-Clothes pins
-Glitter
-Glue stick
-Glue gun
-Magnets {optional}

To start out I made the glittery clothes pins!  I used the glue sticks on one side to get the clothes pin sticky and then I simply dabbed the sticky clothes pins into the glitter..easy peasy!


Next, I added magnets to the back of each piece of scrapbook paper!  This isn’t necessary but I want to reuse these for more then one year so I thought magnets would help with that!


I then hot glued each clothes pin to the piece of scrapbook paper!


I’m sure you are all much better about finding the center but I stink at it so I used a ruler to make sure I didn’t get off 😉

And that’s that!  Super easy 🙂

Have a great day friends!!!

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  1. Miss Kindergarten says

    September 12, 2014 at 10:35 pm

    Obsessed!!!!

    Reply
  2. Sarah Paul says

    September 13, 2014 at 3:24 pm

    LOVE!

    Reply
  3. Unknown says

    September 13, 2014 at 3:41 pm

    Love this tutorial. Also Have you blogged about the clothesline under the board? I can probably figure it out but would love more info about all the ways you use it. I have a very crowded classroom and it looks like excellent use of space.

    Reply
    • Anonymous says

      September 13, 2014 at 8:49 pm

      Hi there! You can read all about my interactive number line here: http://littlemindsatwork.blogspot.com/2014/02/number-sense-routines-freebies-included.html

      🙂 Tara

      Reply
    • Unknown says

      September 13, 2014 at 9:44 pm

      Thank you, sweet Tara!

      Reply
  4. Grace Binelo says

    September 13, 2014 at 4:21 pm

    I love these but I have the problem where my papers fold in the middle, any ideals that might help?

    Reply
    • Anonymous says

      September 13, 2014 at 8:50 pm

      Do you mean the scrap book paper or the student work? For what I have hung up on my so far this year I didn't have this problem…but if it's the paper you might just hang work that has been done on construction paper like crafts?

      Tara

      Reply
  5. Luv My Kinders says

    September 13, 2014 at 8:35 pm

    Super cute! Love the glitter clothes pins.

    ~Laura
    Luv My Kinders

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    December 14, 2014 at 8:37 am

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  7. Jacqueline Farley says

    August 14, 2015 at 1:57 pm

    I will be doing this on my whiteboard! Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
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    March 27, 2022 at 2:27 pm

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Getting the Classroom Back to School Ready {Custom Writing Folders}

Hey there!  I am so excited to get my fingers typing again!  I know I have been blogging here and there this summer…but I haven’t had the chance to spill my random thoughts and blabbering with you 🙂  I said I was excited to SHARE this idea with you, but I would be completely okay with the title saying: Getting the Classroom Back to School Ready! Ha!  We can dream right?  Well, the other day I did the dreaded “count!”  You know what I am talking about right?  Well after I took a deep breath I went outside to enjoy some summer!

If you have followed me long you’ll know that I am not crafty…I can though, recreate fairly good! I stumbled upon this pin over the summer and fell in love!  Click HERE to view the pin!  Also, the pin did not lead to the original poster. So, if these are your gorgeous folders please email me so I can give you credit!

So, I gathered my supplies and started in on these!  I am eliminating chair pockets this year so I needed a place for students to store their writing materials.  Also, we will be using Lucy Calkins writing units this year {more on that later} so I knew the kids would need a place to keep their current stories and extra writing paper.

These are so easy to make and I didn’t even ask my husband for help, once!  Yeah go me! Here is a list of materials you will need: folders, scissors, tape, and storage bins.
I purchased these folders at Walmart for $0.37 each!  I loved them because I wanted a seem-lees look on the side without the indentations of the brad folders.  I purchased the black bins at Walmart also.  They were $4.97 each, but you could easily use any kind of book bin you already have!  I got the decorative tape at Lowes, but you know it’s everywhere!
I started first by placing the tape around the bottom of the book bin.  I started in the back so the seem wouldn’t show.  I then cut a strip of tape for each folder.  I noticed that depending on the brand of the tape it was harder to cut, but easy to tear it across.


And the finished project…

Below is a look at what my folders will look like at the start of the year!  On the left side is my KinderPhonics student ABC charts and on the right is the writing paper!  The writing paper is a new freebie I posted!  You can scroll down to grab it!

 Grab the freebie writing templates below!

Also, if you are near Missouri DeeDee Wills and I are hosting a Missouri Teachers Meet up!  You don’t have to have a blog or even know what one is to attend! 🙂

Well just remember we are easing into this back to school thing together…..deep breaths 😉
Have a super week my sweet teacher friends!

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  1. Aylin Claahsen says

    July 16, 2014 at 9:26 pm

    Love this idea- so simple and yet so organized- thanks for sharing!! Plus anything that uses fun duct tape is a win in my book!
    Aylin 🙂
    Learning to the Core

    Reply
  2. MrsS says

    July 16, 2014 at 11:08 pm

    I also use Lucy Calkins for both Reading and Writing workshop. Thanks for the writing template freebie! I can't wait to hear more on what you have to say about WW with LC!
    -Andrea

    Reply
  3. Barbara Rogers Buchanan says

    July 17, 2014 at 1:48 am

    They are beautiful ~ and I love how they turned out! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  4. Anonymous says

    July 17, 2014 at 5:43 am

    I love your templates…thank you. Can you tell me what you do with the finished work or how that works. I usually have journals with about 10 pages in it. I'd love to know the whole picture.

    Reply
    • Anonymous says

      July 17, 2014 at 6:51 am

      Hi there! I too have always done journals in the past. However, with my new writing curriculum I will be following this year it will be a little different! The students will slowly build their books/booklets for each topic we are covering. I will explain all in more detail as I dive into on my own! Another adventure! 🙂

      Tara

      Reply
  5. Jennifer White says

    July 17, 2014 at 1:57 pm

    Cute!
    Jennifer
    First Grade Blue SKies

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  6. Leslie Goldhardt says

    July 17, 2014 at 4:30 pm

    Thank you! I also use Lucy Calkins for writing workshop and am looking forward to reading your future posts about your new writing curriculum. I love Lucy! 🙂 Curious…are you using the different colored folders/tape for a specific purpose within your writing workshop, or just for a fun splash of color {which is always fun!}?

    Leslie
    Fashionable in First

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    • Anonymous says

      July 17, 2014 at 7:11 pm

      Leslie, I am doing away with chair pockets so I needed a place for the kiddos to keep their writing folders. I wanted a place where they could grab them quick! So I could say, "Get your folder if you are a superman folder!"

      Tara

      Reply
  7. Chelsea says

    July 18, 2014 at 1:19 pm

    I am SO excited that you will be using Lucy Calkins this year! We have used her curriculum in reading and writing for the past two years. As a new teacher, it's definitely been an adjustment. There isn't a real set lesson to follow, just lots of ideas. I'm looking forward to reading what you think about it and the awesome ideas you come up with!

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  8. Amanda Buxton says

    July 26, 2014 at 3:16 am

    I love these folders! This will be my first year teaching Lucy…my reading coach taught it last year in my room, so I am nervous! I can't wait for the meet up in St. Louis!

    Reply
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    August 8, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    Tara: Are you and DeeDee Wills still hosting the Missouri Bloggers Meet-Up tomorrow? I would love to attend, if so! Thanks
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