Assign Student Numbers

My cooperating teacher gives each student a number at the beginning of the year. The number is written on their name tags taped to their desks for the first part of the year so that students have plenty of time to get familiar with it. Her materials (art supplies, whiteboards, homework cubbies, etc.) are all located in an organized fashion at the back of the room with numbers on them that correspond to the students' numbers. When it is time for students to retrieve materials for an activity or to turn in/retrieve work, she calls the students by number. ("Students 1-4 please go get your whiteboards and markers.") This is just an alternate version of calling students by tables to go get materials, but she can use the numbers for a variety of other reasons as well (assessments, partner work, lining up, etc.) so it keeps the students used to the same system for many activities throughout the school year. Amanda Rose