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Free School Folder Labels For Teachers

Back to School has us in a chokehold of classroom function, style, and organization. The organization fairies have been hard at work preparing new labels for student folders. Get your peel-and-stick fingers ready because it’s school folder frenzy time, and we are showing up with free school folder labels for teachers.

We have put together a free download of student folder labels . Each type of label listed below is housed on a full sheet, so you can print one or all of them. No need to print labels you don’t need.

List of Labels

take home (two versions)
morning work
left at home/bring right back
ketchup work (catch-up)
mustard work (must do)
math journal
science journal
social studies
intervention

Shipping Labels

The labels we used are found on Amazon as Avery 18163 and at Walmart as Avery 6427 . This is a great item to put on the amazon wish lists for back to school!

Let’s Get Labeling

Come sit in our tiny chairs as we gather around the student tables to label together! Let’s kick it off with our Take Home Folders. Many times, we have a school-issued label for our Take Home folders, but nothing is guaranteed so we created a couple just in case.

One of our favorite additions to the Take Home folder are the inside pocket labels. Not only do we get to practice left and right, but we can stay more organized. Parents can easily see what is expected, so there’s less confusion.

The resources pictured above help keep parent communication as simple and streamlined as can be. The links below will take you to posts to learn about each resource.

Editable Newsletters ,
Editable Homework Calendars (available K-5), and
Guided Math Home Connection (available K-4).

Morning Work Management

No matter what you choose to have students do during their morning minutes, you’ll be ready to manage any loose recording sheets, scratch paper, notes, or skill work. Our go-to resources for the morning trickle-in time are the Rise and Shine Binder , Daily Math and Daily Language , and Tub Tasks .

ALL THINGS ELA

Moving on to our ELA labels, we have four labels: literacy, reading, spelling, poems, and phonics. These posts share our favorite resources for all things ELA.

Structured Literacy
ELA Stations by Standard
Digital Literacy Warm-Ups
The Lit Kit
Phonics Posters

Our math folders hold our station work, skill pages, scratch work, exit tickets– all things math! We also use a math journal as a workstation- a student favorite. We will link more about all of our favorite math resources, too, of course.

Guided Math K-5

Math Journal

Math Workstations Resources K- 5

Workstations for Back-to-School

Science and Social Studies

Science and social studies most often take the form of interactive learning folding booklets. We use read-alouds, videos, hands-on lessons, and writing to explore our important topics.

Meeting Standards Through Science and Social Studies Themes

Fall Science

We also keep a science journal with a year’s worth of activities.

The crossover of science and social studies themes into our writing is a perfect way to cover a lot of material simultaneously and keep it seasonal and high interest too. We use a year of mini-lessons for writers’ workshop.

Create the ‘Write’ Climate in Your Classroom K-2

Class Pet Writing

Writing ToolKit Grades 3-5

Data, RTI, and Intervention

For progress monitoring, data, and all things intervention, we have the Intervention Solution .

Ketchup and Mustard Work

Making sure students keep track of must do (mustard) and catch-up (ketchup) work is way more fun with a pun. This label can be on a class folder or bin to housework that students may need to get to when they return from an absence or anytime assignments need to be made up.

More Back To School Freebies

Here are two posts with fun freebies and ideas to get your school year going in the best direction.

Guided Reading Timers

Using guided reading timers for your rotations or workstations creates an organized and focused management system. Students learn the consistent routine and understand their role within the system. WHY USE TIMERS? The…

Hands-On Science!

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School Tour Continued!

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Homework Drop Box : A Routine To Organize Homework Collection

Classroom Management , Classroom Organization

One of the most exciting parts of being a teacher is having the creative freedom to experiment with routines and procedures that work best for you and your students. The little tweaks we make in our classroom throughout the year create an environment that is more functional and exciting for students.

Core Inspiration Homework Drop Box sitting next to plant on top of white surface.

The Evolution of Homework Collection

One of the classroom routines you may find yourself tweaking frequently is homework collection. Those first few minutes when students walk into the classroom are filled with a lot of hustle and bustle…and an occasional unexpected surprise. Homework collection should be quick and seamless, but finding an approach that works best for you may take some time. Here are a few approaches I’ve tried in the past:

Turn In Bin

Students place their homework in a turn in bin. The pros? Homework submission is quick for students. The cons? You may find nameless papers and it takes time time to sort through the pile to figure out who’s missing their assignment. Check sheets or classroom jobs can make this approach a bit easier.

Corner of the Desk

Students place their homework on the corner of their desk before starting their morning work. You walk around and collect homework from each student. The pros? You are able to greet each student at their seat first thing in the morning. It’s also easy to see who has their homework ready to submit on time. The cons? This collection process can be time consuming and placing homework on the desk crowds students’ work space.

Stack on the Station

Students place their homework in a pile at a central location on or near their table group. You walk to each group’s “turn in spot” and thumb through papers to see whose work is on time. The pros? Homework collection is fairly quick. The cons? Less organized students who benefit from visual cues and don’t take note of the flat stack of papers piled near their seat consistently needed reminders to turn in homework.

An Efficient Homework Collection Routine

The routine that has been most efficient for my students is very similar to the group station routine with an added layer of organization. The Homework Drop Box makes turning in assignments quick and easy for students and teachers.

Core Inspiration Homework Drop Boxes sitting side by side on white shelf.

How It Works

At the end of each day during Tidy Up Time, our Teacher’s Assistant places a drop box at each table group.

Homework drop boxes sitting on group stations.

When students arrive the following morning, they walk to their group drop box, find the file folder with their name on it, and drop their homework inside the folder. Students place their assignments in their folder standing tall in portrait-style rather than laying down in landscape-style. This allows the teacher to quickly walk to each station, thumb through each folder and instantly see who has and hasn’t turned in homework.

The teacher can then grab the top of all the papers at once and pull the assignments out into a neatly organized pile.

Teacher collecting homework from homework drop box.

In my classroom, the Teacher’s Assistant then moves our drop boxes out of the way until we need them later in the day, or until the next school day.

Homework Drop Boxes Stored In Corner of Classroom

Having a smaller file box at each group, rather than a larger one for the entire class eliminates the problem of a long line to turn in homework. This means students settle into their seats and start their morning work without wasted time.

Although some of the changes we face as teachers tend to throw off our equilibrium for a moment, focusing on smaller changes that benefit our students helps bring us back to a more balanced and efficient groove in the classroom.

Ready To Bring This Routine To Your Classroom?

If you are interested in trying the Homework Drop Box routine in your own classroom, grab my free Homework Drop Box Labels here and my favorite sturdy file bins here . (This is an affiliate link for which I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you should you make a purchase.)

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Where can I find these bins?

Hi Katie, you can find them here (affiliate link).

Hi Laura! I was reading about your homework drop box’s and I love this! Homework collection has been crazy with me so I can’t wait to try it. I was curious though, it says that the teacher’s assistant places the bins on the desk. Is this a student that has that job for the week/ month? Or do you actually have a teacher’s assistant with you? I ask because I am gaining a teacher’s assistant next year and I am looking for ways to improve their organization to have a smooth transition into my class. Thank for all of your great ideas! – Meghan

Hi Meghan, thank you for reaching out. I noticed your comment got lost in the shuffle, but it just caught my eye when I was updating this post. 🙂 You are so fortunate to be gaining a teacher’s assistant! Mine is a student job. 🙂 I hope you are enjoying your school year! Warmly, Laura

I love this idea of the homework drop box. I am currently observing in a first-grade classroom and I can see how crazy homework collection can be. As a preservice teacher I love reading blogs like this. Being organized is a very important part of classroom management. The homework drop box is such a creative, yet efficient way for students to turn in their homework. The homework drop box allows students to place their homework portrait-style rather than landscape style which is beneficial for the teacher. This way the teacher can notice quickly who has and has not turned in their homework. I hope to use this efficient homework collection technique in my own classroom one day.

Excellent tup! Thanks so much for the idea, sharing the labels, and link for purchasing the boxes! This will be a game changer for me this year! How do you go about collecting finished and unfinished work and absent/make up/corrections? I need ideas for this paper management area as well. I have kids who are pulled consistently out of class for different support and managing the work is a real struggle. Thanks so much!

Thank you for reaching out Ashley. 🙂 To collect finished work, I’ll either use these same drop boxes, or have students place the work in a pile on their station (the white shelf at the end of each group). Sometimes, I’ll have finished work placed on station 1, and unfinished work placed on station 2. Any makeup work for absent students is submitted to the drop box the morning it is due. Warmly, Laura

Are these the small size ones through the link or do you use a bigger size? Love the idea!

I use the small file boxes. 🙂

I love your white cabinets with the green trays that appear to slide in and out. Where can I find those? Thanks

Hi there! They are from IKEA.

Hi! I love this idea for the classroom. My school is departmentalized so I have three different classes per day. Do you have any suggestions for implementing this strategy in a departmentalized classroom? Thanks! 🙂

Hi Taylor, thank you for reaching out. Is there time during your first few minutes/class warmup when you could quickly check what work has been submitted?

Hi Laura, I would love to implement this in my classroom this year, but struggle with my students tearing out the pages correctly without ripping their work up. I want to send the math book home because I have had numerous comments from parents that it helps to see the work we did together. That means that students have to too out at school. Any ideas for me? Thanks, Kerri

Hi Kerri, You could get the larger hanging file bins and have them turn in their whole workbook with a paper clip on the page they complete the previous night so you can quickly flip open and check their work. Warmly, Laura

Do you use EnVision? Our school uses EnVision and those sheets look awfully familiar haha. If so, do your enrichments match the curriculum?

Hi Amy, yes we use EnVision and yes the enrichment math units are very nicely aligned. 🙂 Warmly, Laura

Wonderful news! Thank.you for.your quick response!

I LOVE this idea! Homework is one of the banes of my teaching existence. We give weekly homework Tuesday to Tuesday and it’s a nightmare. It’s one sheet and 90% of students don’t turn it in. After Friday, they forget about it. Even though they have a week, it doesn’t take that long. I’m going to work this out this summer and use this idea if I can. Are you open to making these labels editable? I love that it’s free, but I use “Table 1” and so on and save Group 1 for small groups and would like consistency and no confusion on names. Thank you, Jennifer

Hi Jennifer, glad you found a system that might helpful as you get organized for next school year. 🙂 I will make note that an editable version will be helpful for any potential future updates. Warmly, Laura

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Take home folders: part 1.

I really love how you set up your folders! Thanks for the great ideas. Where did you get those amazing green folders??

Paige- Office Depot!

How do you get your labels to stay on? I've tried them on poly folders and they seem to fall off.

Courtney- I've found the smooth plastic folders work the best! The ones that have a lot of texture stick, but the ends can peel up. Also, make sure you buy the GOOD labels! :) Hope that helps!

Is this ediatable enough to change to spanish? It's so unfortunate there aren't any spanish resources and I don't have time to create any...... :(

I have something very similar, however, this hits it right out the park! "GO" Ms. Liz!

Love this idea!! I will hopefully start teaching in September. I have already put this in my TPT cart to buy once I'm hired. Thank you!

I did the same for my 1st graders one year, but mine said, "to be LEFT at home," "to be sent RIGHT back." They were placed on the LEFT and RIGHT sides of the folder.

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10 Creative Ways to Organize Your Classroom Turn-In Bin

Don’t let papers take over your classroom.

Classroom organization can quickly take a turn for the worse when you start adding student papers to the mix. But you can keep it under control with a little preparation and the right turn-in bin. Here are some of our favorite turn-in bin ideas, courtesy of K–12 teachers.

1. Use washi tape to organize any set of bins.

Aliceson from Sew Crafty Teacher explains to us how she quickly makes a turn-in bin using washi tape. You can easily customize this to make it work for you.

2. Make a spot for every subject.

SOURCE: Mrs. Heeren’s Happenings

Jessica writes on her blog that she’s had these bins for more than 10 years. She instructs all of her students to turn the papers in nicely and neatly, all in the same row and direction. It’s simple and effective.

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3. Here’s a built-in way to check for understanding.

SOURCE: Tales from a Very Busy Teacher

These self-assessment bins collect work, keep it organized, and help this teacher know what her students need.

4. A crate is simple and genius.

SOURCE: Lone Star Classroom

This isn’t exactly a turn-in bin, but it could be! Plus, it’s no doubt a genius organization system for holding extra worksheets, games, and activity sheets for those early finishers. All it takes is a simple crate and some folders. You can learn more about how this teacher labels her crate (and where she gets her labels) by heading to Instagram .

5. Your morning routine just got easier.

SOURCE: Glitter in Third

Kelly from Glitter on Third is a big believer in the morning cart. She writes on her blog that it really has changed her morning for the better, helping her class stay organized and start the day out right.

6. When you have multiple class periods, give yourself extra room.

SOURCE: Unknown

These bins on wheels have lots of room and are clearly marked for students coming and going in different classes. This could be a smart solution for middle school and high school.

7. Be sure to make a teacher turn-in bin, too!

SOURCE: Surfin’ Through Second

This is a turn-in bin for you! Stay organized and keep your desk tidy with a simple bin that helps you easily keep track of what you need to get done.

8. Add baskets to your walls.

10 Creative Ways to Organize Your Classroom Turn-In Bin

SOURCE: The Kindergarten Smorgasboard

We love these wall baskets from The Kindergarten Smorgasboard . They’re held onto the wall with little hooks, and you can put them anywhere you have the space.

9. Create a turn-in bin for library books.

If book organization is a challenge in your classroom, then consider this approach. With this idea, all students have a number and corresponding bin, where they store their books.

10. Keep it nice and simple with a single bin.

SOURCE: The First Grade Parade

Maybe you don’t need lots of shelves, bins, or slots. Instead, you just want to keep it simple and have a nice big turn-in bin. We like this one, especially its handles, from The First Grade Parade. There’s no mistaking what goes where because there’s only one spot.

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