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I use these bins that I got from target. I like primary colors because they are easy to match with folders. Paper Bins. I print out the English section number and tape that to the bin. Then EVERYTHING and I do mean everything associated with that English section class is that color. So for example, this year my Section 2111 is blue. The Google Classroom heading is blue, the cards I use for cold calling for that class are blue, and their folders are blue. If I have them write on sticky notes, I use blue. On the first day of school, I have a folder sitting on each desk with their name on it. I have them look at the color of their folder and then look at the table near my desk where I keep those bins, then write their section number on their colored folder. (Inside the folder I have the syllabus, etc.) I have a bigger table near the door with bigger bins that the folders live in. As they walk into class, they pick up their folder, walk a few more steps to where they pick up their do now and then go sit down. On the way out, they drop their completed work (to turn in for a grade) into the colored bin by my desk and their folder back in the big bin by the door. I do not go into their folders for missing work. I only grade what is turned in to the colored bin. Once work is graded, I bundle it together in a colored binder clip (yep, the matching color—I am obsessed) and put it back into the colored turn in bin until I am ready to return it to my students. This system keeps me organized and my students accountable. I read somewhere that your first step in classroom management is having solid systems. I’ve really tried to think through what will work for me. I hope this helps! Oh. One more thing. When I set up seating charts, I post them on the wall outside the class with a desk grouping number. My desks are set up in groups of four. I’ll put a number on each group, then students walk in, get their folder and do now, then sit in the grouping with the number that they already located in the hall.