Thank
Goodness For Sub-Folders!
Back in
November I knew I was going to be out 2 days in a row for field trips with each
of my children. As much as I was excited about seeing St. Augustine and the
Zoo, I was also frantic trying to get 2 days worth of materials and plans
ready. I happened to have 2 of the same Substitute Folders from CTP (Creative Teaching Press) in the Dots
on Turquoise collection. I used 1 folder for each day I was out. My materials,
(typed plans and schedule, worksheets, books etc…) easily fit in the pockets of
the folder.
In addition,
everything you can think of as far as seating arrangements, important phone
numbers and extensions, and other emergency information was already included
for me in the folder. To be honest, when I ordered the folder originally it was
purely for cosmetic reasons. (I have a slight addiction to the Dots on
Turquoise collection—shh, don’t tell anyone! LOL!) I didn’t realize that it came with an insert
full of printables to use when I was out. I chose to write directly on the
sheets, but you could easily photocopy them and reuse for future classes.
On my
first day back of the New Year I received a phone call at about 9:30 saying “I’m sorry about this, but you need
to put in for a sub tomorrow, you have a training to go to.” So, I can’t tell you how thankful I was
for these folders again. Putting my plans
together was so much easier, I already had everything filled out in the
folder. On the seating chart page I had
traced out my tables according to the colors of my teams (blue, green, yellow,
orange, purple) and wrote the student names in pencil—so they can be changed as
I change my seats. So today, all I had to do was erase my kids names and put
them in their new seat-simple!
My materials
went into the pockets of the folder and I typed in the changes to my sub-plan
template. It may have been last minute, but I was prepared! I know my sub had a good day on our 2nd
day back of 2014 (because I got the best note ever!)! Happy New Year
everyone!
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