This year my new trick is my manipulative buckets. Each student has a set of manipulatives that is all their own. I had a student teacher working in my room so we were able to check that every bucket had the right supplies and replace what was needed. She also went through and numbered everything (you should definitely do that before you put them out but I live and learn the hard way).
That was right before testing. This is the first week after testing and today the student's morning work was to take everything in their manipulative bucket and bag it up. The only things that wouldn't fit were their rulers and place value charts so I had them leave those out.
I took those gallon ziploc bags and put them in a large box. Now my manipulative buckets are ready for next year with minimal effort!!
Yay! Easy organization is the best!
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