How binders and page protectors help me with math

I've had a few questions on how I organize a few of my math "things," and I've actually had this post HALF finished for a few days, but I've literally been on my death bed the last few days. I am feeling somewhat decent today. I haven't had to take any medicine to make it through the day, but I've still gotten the "Are you ok!?" from everyone at work. lol. So, I guess that means I'm not looking to good right now. lol. This ALL could have been prevented if our district would've made the week of the time change our Spring Break so we could ALL get our rest that our bodies need. I'm just sayin'.

 But I have enough energy to finally show you my binders that I've been asked about. This is all about how a binder and LOTS of page protectors make my life so easy!

First up is my Tasty Facts.

I have both sets printed up and put in one binder. 

(this is the old cover, but it's still the same product)

Inside I have ALL FOUR checklists printed up. I start ALL the kids on the first addition quiz in the beginning of the year, but they quickly are spread apart from each other. I now have kids on subtraction, multiplication,  and one kid is on the "BEYOND" part! I'm so excited!

Then I have the "cover" for each section, and behind that cover, I have made a class set copy of the "food" page. I give them this after they've finished all their quizzes. 

Then, I have a page protector for EACH quiz....

there is a vertical and horizontal form for each "number." I make my kids do both versions, so I copy off a bunch of both pages, cute them in half, and put them in the page protector with the originals.  This is the best system I've done so far with this (and I've been doing them for 10 years!). I know exactly when I'm running low, and I just take my whole binder with me to the copier and flip the pages really quickly and pull out the ones I need. And I have my checklists with me to see how many kids are on (or will be getting there soon) to know how many copies I need. 

And I have the numbers in the corner, so it's easy to flip through to find the number I need without the pages getting stuck together.

So, I hope that helps!

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Another binder I use all the time is my Deck of Cards binder. It really is one of my go to math fast-finisher games and my math center activities. Or even for whole group, I'll project the directions on the doc cam for the kids to see and have the whole group do the activity with partners. 

All I had to do was just put the binder together, and make a few copies of each recording sheet - and voila! Centers are done for the year!

I put the table of contents in back to back....

and then the reference sheets - the hundreds chart or 120s chart.

and the number words page...

Then for each activity, I have the black and white copy as the "cover" in the page protector.

(I actually wanted to print the b/w copy on color paper, BUT, when it printed, it took it from the WRONG paper drawer, so it didn't take color copies, BUT I wasn't about to make more copies just to get it on colored paper...lol)

Behind the "cover" page, I have the recording sheets - I've copied off 5 sheets and put those facing the other way. I have all the variations in there, so I can easily differentiate within groups. When it comes to centers, I put those copies in page protectors and they use their dry erase markers and then I put the papers back in the binder where they belong. I also have the colored direction page that I pull out for the kids to use during centers.

Then I have the section for the no-response activities. I have the table of contents, then 4 more sleeves to put the direction cards for each activity. I grouped them by "style" of activity.

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And ONE more thing...

I updated my Spring Time centers packs....over the weekend, but I'm JUST now getting around to posting about them since I've been on my death bed.  

Literacy Centers include:
-How to Make and Easter Egg sequencing using a foldable (directions for foldable are included)
-It's Raining Sentences! Sentence and Not a Sentence sort with a writing extension
-Hoopping Homphones - matching homophones (either concentration game or Read the Room) with a Shutter Foldable (directions for foldable included)
-Splash into Spring - 3-letter Blend word sort as a center or a game of scoot
-Bugged-Out Sentences - Sentence Scrambler
-Label It! - parts of a plant

Math Centers include:
-WHOOOO Knows how to Subtract? - Uses a kinesthetic game, using place value chips - subtraction is both regrouping and not regrouping.
-True or False Addition
-Spring Forward Time - to the hour and half hour
***added quarter time as an option to extend!
-Birds in a Line - number order in the 100s
-Leapin' Numbers! - A game using one before and one after...uses both tens and hundreds

Ok - now I have to go watch more of Revenge. I have become ADDICTED to that show the last few days (since I've locked myself in my room and hubs has been SUCH a support and just taking over night duty with the girls after having them ALL day while I was at work. I've been lying in bed with Netflix becoming addicted to a new show - ha!).