Agenda Frames

Reorganization is a constant theme in my life. I loved having my agenda for the week on the board, so students could quickly tell what we were going to be doing. So several years ago I stole the idea from a fellow teacher/friend to make a calendar on my board using colored masking tape.

But each year I had issues putting it back up (time consuming if you are a touch OCD), and with the tape peeling more and more as I continue to clean the board. So I came up with another plan.

I wanted to get square picture frames from IKEA, but decided they would be too small, so I got giant ones! I put wrapping paper in them and tried to write the name of the class and days of the week - epic fail! It was too busy ... but I loved the wrapping paper. So I amended my plan.

I used white paper to write the name of the class and days of the week and put the wrapping paper behind it. The white paper was thin enough to mute the wrapping paper while allowing my writing to be read from across the room.

Next I used hot glue to glue some magnets to the back of the frames and stuck them to the dry erase board. But they fell ...so next I used super glue ... and they slid, but did not fall. So next, I added additional magnets - now it works. Am I stubborn? A little.

So now I write on the frames with my dry erase markers and I don't have tape peeling off my board. It didn't save me as much room as I was wanting, but three preps makes for lots of information to share! I need to switch out the white page for anatomy for a new white page for forensics this year.