How I Organized Student Journals & Supplies (Without Losing My Mind)
If you teach upper elementary, you already know this truth: Access without structure = chaos. This year, I was juggling 75 students across 3 classes, each with science and social studies journals, plus shared classroom supplies. My original setup worked… until it didn’t. Journals overflowed, supplies became toys, and I found myself constantly redirecting students instead of teaching. So I rebuilt my system with one goal in mind: Give students independence without constant mis