Bright Ideas Round-Up!

Welcome to the November edition of the Bright Ideas Link-Up! This one is a special one! Over the past 10 months, teachers have shared thousands of great ideas through our monthly Bright Ideas event. This month, we’re re-capping all of those great ideas, just in case you missed any! Below you will find some of my bright ideas from the past several months:

We shared some great ideas for using dry erase... off of the whiteboard... You can check it out here.

In August, we shared three of our favorite back to school tips...

We shared how highlighters have saved our sanity...

A simple trick for decluttering your computer area...

 

And an easy way to help students remember all of their passwords...

I hope that you’ve enjoyed these bright ideas, and that you have found an idea that you can use in your own classroom. Be sure to check out the link up below for tons more bright ideas from my friends!

   

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Bright Idea - Dry Erase... Not just for whiteboards!

We're so excited to be lining up again for this month's Bright Ideas Blog Hop!

Tired of the printing, laminating, and cutting cycle that never seems to end?  I can never keep up! Distressed with the wasting of paper making task cards and group lists and copies?  Don't have room for a dry erase board to demonstrate math and reading tasks for small groups?  We have a great tip for you!

Dry erase is NOT just for whiteboards anymore!

There are a number of ways to use dry erase markers that don't require a dry erase board.  All of these work great in our classrooms and save paper; but more importantly, they save TIME.

Dry erase wall dots (you can find them on Amazon) or plastic place mats can be used when you need to illustrate something at your small group table.

Reusable dry erase pockets are a great way to post items on a bulletin board.  Cut off the top flap if it has one, slip in a background paper, and write away!

Here is a plastic plate hot glued to my closet door for Math Workshop.  It is super easy to write on again and again.

Give pocket charts that have been gathering dust in your closet a new life.  Just place a background paper behind the plastic and write and wipe.  These are used to give choices for Math Workshop.

 Dry erase has come off the board and into the classroom!

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