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Organize Reading Materials By Story

Keeping reading curriculum materials organized can be a huge job. A great way to keep things easily accessible is to invest in enough 3-drawer organizers to have one drawer for each story in the reading series.

Put into the drawer any materials associated with the story -- spelling tests, worksheets, activities, student work samples to show students the following year as models, games, transparencies, supplementary literature, and so on. The money spent is well worth it, since the never-ending filing problem is permanently solved. No more digging through file cabinets to locate or put things away properly -- just slide open a drawer!

About the Author Angela Powell has been an educator for nine years. She worked for the first five years of her career in Washington, D.C., and currently teaches third grade in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Powell, who holds a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education and Art from Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, and a master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Western Maryland College, earned National Board Certification as an Early Childhood Generalist in 2006. She continues to maintain Ms. Powell’s Management Ideas for Teachers, a Web site she created in 2003, to share teaching techniques, behavior management strategies, and organizational tips that can help make teaching more efficient, effective, and enjoyable.

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