If you know me, you know I LOVE color. I am not afraid to wear it, decorate with it, or fill my world with it.
I am thrilled to team up with the amazing company Astrobrights Papers this summer. They are working hard to give teachers some amazing tips and ideas for bringing color into their classrooms. Color paper can add creativity
to everything we do in our classroom.
I am thrilled to team up with the amazing company Astrobrights Papers this summer. They are working hard to give teachers some amazing tips and ideas for bringing color into their classrooms. Color paper can add creativity
to everything we do in our classroom.
For 25 days, Astrobrights Papers will feature a project using a different color of Astrobrights Papers, providing ideas and inspiration on how to #ColorizeYourClassroom. “For more ideas on how to Colorize Your Classroom, be sure to follow #25DayysofColor, Astrobrights Papers social feeds and visit ColorizeYourClassroom.com.
It’s Good To Be Green!
In this post, I am using Terra Green paper to create my Student Information forms. Each year, I print these on Astrobrights Papers card stock and have parents fill them out at Meet the Teacher. I alphabetize them by first name. I then punch a hole in the corner and put them on a ring that hangs right next to my classroom phone. This way, if I need to call a parent, I do not need to pull up the information on the computer. I just grab my ring and the information is right there. It has come in handy for discipline phone calls, sick students, or even on field trip days when someone has forgotten their lunch. I don’t have time to scramble, look up or heaven forbid the internet be down again. This bright, beautiful color makes the cards easy to see and keep organized.
You can grab these cards and print them out too by clicking here. Print them front and back.
I used my cameo to cut the cards since I am working from home and didn’t have a paper cutter handy.
Parents fill out the front information. I do call at semester and make sure all of the information is still current.
On the back side, there is a communication log. I can check the box to state if the communication was via phone call, parent conference or email. I also have a place for notes.
After all cards are filled out, they will go on a ring by my phone. Easy peasy and saves me so much time!
Since I was already working with my Astrobrights Papers, I went ahead and printed out my birthday certificates for the year too. I always print these in different colors of Astrobrights Papers and fill them out before school starts. I keep these in my birthday box so when there is a celebration, everything is already in the box and I just need to grab it. I try and prep as much as I can before school starts.
“Post your own project using Astrobrights Papers with the hashtags #25DaysofColor and #ColorizeYourClassroom for a chance to be featured as the Colorize Your Classroom project of the week.”
If you’d like to see the links to the other #25DaysofColor posts that have run so far, they are below!
Kinder Craze:
A Modern Teacher:
Fun in First Grade:
First Grade, Blue Skies:
A Cupcake for the Teacher:
Tunstall’s Teaching Tidbits:
Terrestrial Teal
Make sure you are following Astrobrights on your favorite social media!
ColorizeYourClassroom.com
Facebook.com/ASTROBRIGHTS
Pinterest.com/ASTROBRIGHTS
COLORIZE.tumblr.com
Instagram: @ASTROBRIGHTS
ColorizeYourClassroom.com
Facebook.com/ASTROBRIGHTS
Pinterest.com/ASTROBRIGHTS
COLORIZE.tumblr.com
Instagram: @ASTROBRIGHTS
I’ll be posting more fun ideas this week on my Instagram and Facebook. Stay tuned and best of luck Colorizing Your Classrooms!
You are so right about having your info near your phone! It is a quick and easy go to! Thanks for posting and give us the little freebie! Linda's Learning Loot