The One With the Makeover

I promise I'm not going to be a Monday only blogger all summer.  I will blog about other things and ideas.

But I do love me some Monday Made It!

This week I revamped something from last year.

This is one of my favorite things in my classroom.  I was pleasantly surprise at how much it helps me stay organized.

I have a tray for each of the five days of the week plus one for next week.

When I have made my copies for the upcoming lessons I simply binder clip them and put in the appropriate tray.

I always know where my papers are now whereas before I could never remember where I sat them.  They were constantly getting buried under other papers on my desk. 

It also makes it very easy for a sub.  There is no question about which stack of papers my lesson plans are referring to.  I simply tell my sub which tray they are in.

Anyway.  I used scrapbook stickers to add the days to each tray.  While they worked pretty well, a few letters kept falling off.

I decided to change it up and add some chevron.  My classroom this next year is going to be on chevron overload. I can't wait!

 I hadn't planned on repainting them, but they had gotten scratched up in the move.  I used regular spray paint last time.  This time I used spray paint designed for plastic surfaces.  

I love the blue!  I just printed the days of the week on scrapbook paper and taped them to the inside of each drawer.

I love them so much more now!

Be sure to check out the other great projects over at 4th Grade Frolics.