Be an ORGANIZED Math Teacher

I love it when my principal pairs me up with new math teachers.  The first thing I suggest to them is to get organized. You really want to have the right supplies and resources at the beginning of the school year.  

I recently compiled the following list of items that I feel are the must-haves when it comes to being an organized math teacher. While I am sure there are more items that could be added to this list, these are the things I make sure to have in September.


1.  Teacher Planner -   Have your week, month, and year planned out with a good teacher planner.  This will truly be your everyday "go-to" item, so be sure to invest in a good one.  

Must-Haves for Your Math Stations

There are a few supplies you want to have when creating and using math stations with your students.  These must-haves will save you time and money.  Best of all, it will keep your math stations running smoothly.

1.  Card Stock Paper

Print your resources on card stock paper.  It's heavier than copy paper but still easy to cut.  Colored card stock is a few dollars more but I find that students respond to resources on colored paper. 

I personally like to use the different colors to separate my materials by topic (red - fractions, yellow - decimals) so that I can quickly identify what students are working on.

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