Covering Open-Shelving: My Classroom Makeover

I accept just about wall-mounted shelves inwards my classroom.

I adore the storage.

I abhor the visual clutter potential.

I practice accept the items fairly self-contained in addition to organized into smaller containers in addition to boxes, but it even then tin hold upwards distracting to me...um, I hateful the students. :)

So I embrace it.

Which is a win-win!

Because straight off I accept a house to display just about math goodness.

In years past times I covered it amongst butcher newspaper in addition to made a timeline. I lay a newspaper for each calendar month in addition to would add together pictures of the things nosotros did together.

The downside to this was that it wasn't also uncomplicated to elevator in addition to access the materials underneath.

It wasn't just difficult to do, but if yous are looking for a mass on the wing it took longer than I would like.

So this yr I purpose dark posterboard in addition to I straight off accept modest panels that elevator easily.

I attached them past times only creating "hinges" out of tape.

At the bottom I added a publish line. I took the publish business I already had in addition to cutting it downward to check each board. I used a yardstick to assistance arrive straight.

To arrive fancy, I hotglued ribbon along the overstep of the publish line.

And finished it off past times roofing the record at the overstep amongst to a greater extent than hotglued ribbon.

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