Gettin’ Ready- Tip #1 {Free Labels}

If you are like me, your mind is constantly thinking about school even though you still have some good summer days left.  I wish there was a way to “click” my school mind off at times!  Anyone else?  This week, I’m going to bring you a handful of quick and easy tips that I use in my classroom to make the day go as smoothly as possible.  Some tips you may already use, but some you may not.

Today is all about folders & notebooks.

This year I took the time to make labels way in advance.  Why?  Well, that Avery Template and I do not get along.  I created in powerpoint, saved as jpeg, then put into the template and did a lot of messing around with alignment and other buttons in Word.  It took awhile and I can’t even explain fully what I did, but I like the outcome!

I try my best to get use the same color of notebook and folder for each subject.  This helps my classroom run smooth.  Students quickly know to grab out both items for math. 

This isn’t always possible though!  I grabbed these pink folders at Target last week. I could not resist the color.  But, I refused to buy pink notebooks at a higher price at an office store.  Even though they were calling my name, I stuck to my “price” limits.  Instead, I just put a pink sticker on the top corner. 

 If you need labels, I have uploaded these 5 labels to my TPT for free!

— Just a note—

I will not be adding any other labels to this set.  These are the only labels I need for my classroom, but am sharing just in case anyone else can use them:).