Back to school is almost here and I've been looking at other blogs and pintrest to get ideas on how to set up my classroom. The ideas I've liked so far are labeling your classroom materials with these labels . What I like about them are they have the pictures of each item right next to the label. I'm thinking of using these to label my back to school baskets for when parents come to drop off materials. I've found that if I don't clearly label where materials go, my classroom end up with materials everywhere at the end of "Meet the teacher"night! I also like this idea for meet the teacher night. Again, this gives parents a simple guide to follow as they are visiting with each other and with me. I think this step by step guide allows me to facilitate and visit and also give them a clear expectation of what they need to do before they leave that night. This teacher puts all her meet the teacher handouts in gift bags for parents at each student desk. This