*Today you will be organizing your backpacks (folders and binders), lockers, and laptops. Please follow the list below step by step...once you finish a step you may move on to the next one. Some of you will move at a faster pace than others; make sure you stay on task and if you are out in the hallway please be mindful of the classes and meetings that are taking place.
Step 1: Write down on a piece of paper how much you think you backpack weighs.
Step 2: Come on up and weigh your backpack. Go write down the weight.
Step 3: Without looking in your backpack please list everything you think you have in your bag (even if you have coins or a paperclip I want to know about it).
Step 4: Go through your backpack and list everything you missed. What items did you forget about? Take the time to clean out your backpack. Get rid of trash and things you do not need to be carrying around.
**If your bag weighs over 10 lbs then look for ways to reduce the load you are carrying in your backpack.
Step 5: If you have time please go through your binders/laptop case and get rid of doodle pages and worksheets you know you no longer need. ONLY GET RID OF THINGS YOU KNOW YOU ABSOLUTELY DO NOT NEED FOR CLASSES ANYMORE!!!!
Step 6: On your paper write down everything you think you have in your locker. Come show me your list.
Step 7: Go clean your locker....write down all the items you missed or forgot about. Put together a pile of things that you can take home and throw away any trash.
STEP 8: Fill out your Time Management worksheet: Organizational Goal- How are you going to stay organized this year?