The first thing I decided to do for my classroom this year was to find an easier way to keep track of where a student goes in their choice center. I found a new store in Canton called Everything Education that is amazing! It has the best prices of any educator store I have seen in the area! If you're in Northeastern Ohio, I definitely recommend it! Anyway, while there I found chart paper for $8.99, it is just plain white chart paper, but having to buy two (one for each room) it was worth putting my own lines on. The lined paper was $34 a piece, which compared to other places is still a really good price, it just wasn't in my price range right now. After lining my paper with spots for 28 students on each piece, I wanted to find a way to have the students mark their station. Originally I was going to use bingo daubers, but they are really hard to find! I did finally find them at Dollar Tree just to find out that they bleed through the paper and take a really long time to dry. I opted for stamps instead. I found these rubber letter stamps at Joann Fabrics for $4.27 after my teacher discount and their 25% off all stamp supplies deal. I tested it out and they are perfect! I am going to have an available centers menu that is numbered with each center listed. Students will find their listed number and color associated with it, to mark the station they are headed to. So far this is as far as I have gotten with prep, but once I set it all up in my room, I will update you!
