Student book boxes

Take a look at how I set up my class and organize my stations for a successful start to Daily 5 in kindergarten.

Walmart ice buckets turned into student independent book bins!!!! Only $1.88 each!

Love this Leveled Book Boxes / classroom seating! Awesome, inexpensive and effective classroom set up ideas!

Keep your kids reading without huge disruption to the classroom routine with student book bins. This post includes many options you and your students can use without breaking the bank. Check out this post to learn more.

Ahhhh, book boxes. Such wonder! Such joy! Such... a mess?? 😮 If you're anything like me, you have a shelf full of student book boxes. Some are tidy, organized jewels of reading wonder. And some..... "Wait, why do you have three pennies, a keychain, and a Pokémon card in here?!" Over the years, I have constantly tweaked how my students utilize their reading book boxes. As with anything, I'm sure I will continue to tweak them, but I wanted to share my current installment. My second graders…

If your students are anything like mine, you have a few that are, well, organizationally challenged, and when they open their backpacks, there may be an explosion! This chapter in our The Together Teacher book study is devoted to helping your students to become Together Students! Love that! Read on to see How to Subdue the Backpack Explosion! This post contains affiliate links. I earn a small commission each time someone makes a purchase using one of my links, which helps to support the…

Hey Friends! It's Kristen from Loving Teaching Inspiring! Today is my first day with my new firsties!! I'm sure I will be all kinds of exhausted when I get home tonight!!! Well I don't know about you but these book boxes from Really Good Stuff are on my "Dream List"!!! However I just can't afford those beauties just yet. Instead I buy the 5 pack of white cardboard boxes from IKEA...they are only $1.99! I must admit they don't hold up very well with a bunch of 5 & 6 year olds using them…

Okay y’all, I did it. I took the plunge and ordered a class set of plastic book bins in our colors for reading workshop. I’ve been using cardboard ones for six years now. They’ve lived a good life and have the battle scars of masking tape and staples to prove it. Plus, they’re ugly brown. […]

Teachers at my school love IKEA. It's no secret that teachers love to hoard containers, love to be organized, and love to find deals... IKEA is the place to find all of those! So on my shopping trip to IKEA last week I made sure to find all the great products that you can use in your classroom! So here are some of the products that you can use in your classroom from IKEA without breaking the bank! 1. Hanging containers~ I already have a couple of these in my classroom. They were super easy…

Students need access to books all the time for daily reading, but sometimes, traveling among the classroom can be distracting. On the other hand, shoving books in student desks can be hard on the book