Clean desk anchor chart

Classroom Management: Dismissal routine anchor chart plus lots of great tips for teaching students to stay organized in this post.

Anchor charts for a kindergarten classroom. Secure routines and regain your teacher sanity!

Messy student desks lead to wasted time and lost assignments! Help your students get organized and stay that way!

Welcome to my room! I took these pictures after registration today, so parts of my room are a little out of sorts. My computer area is back here with the word wall, which I moved from the other side of the room. I put the websites they may visit in the blue pocket chart. My student mailboxes are back here along with all of my paper. My student cubbies are in the back corner. I keep my comprehension packets, word work packets, and workbooks back here in the baskets. The baskets are from the…

It was becoming apparent over the last couple of weeks that my students needed a little motivation to work on keeping their desks clean and organized. I mean, some of them were just AWFUL. The worst I'd ever seen. It was time for action! I've seen "Desk Fairy" notes floating around on blogs & TpT, but my 3rd graders wouldn't buy into that, as most of their parents don't refer to the Tooth Fairy or anything. So, instead, I whipped up my own version really quick Wednesday afternoon. I had some…

I spent a lot of time last year, either helping students clean out, or cleaning out students’ desks. Finally, I got smart and took a page from Angela Powell’s book and tweaked it for my…