Plain Organized: Warm and Cool Colors

This year, I am really trying to drive home the concept of warm and cool colors with my grade 2 students (and remind the older ones). I made these posters after seeing a cute Pinterest post, and their size works well for many things. I got a hold of a pile of different color rubber laminate(?) pieces and glued magnets on their backs to make a sorting game. And, I use them to label supplies when I can!

Posters used in bins at one school - set out for kids to use

Posters with Johnsonite samples (magnets glued to the samples)

Scrap paper bins - Warm and Cool

Laminated paint swatches with magnets glued to the backs

 

Plain Organized: Paint Swatch Class Labels

With almost 800 students, the only way I can keep on top of things is to really, really, get organized (whether I like it or not).  Being a visual person (OBVIOUSLY), I color-code grade levels starting with Kindergarten being Red and so on...

To keep the projects straight, I collected paint swatch samples from various paint stores, labeled with class codes, and laminated. I keep them in a small basket with a whole schmear of binder clips - right next to my organizer/sorter.  At one school, I have a swell hand-me-down office mail sorter thing, at the other school, I use a giant Rubbermaid bin.  It's pink, 'cause I live with all boys.  

When a class paints, the paint card gets clipped onto the drying rack with their work - so that it's right there for me when I stack them back up to put away.