Organizing Ideas and Reproducibles: Are You a Ripper?
Posted by Jen Bragg on 26 Feb 2009 | Posted in: Organization and Supplies, Teachers and Teaching
The editors here at The Education Center® chat regularly about our days in the classroom. One topic that comes up about once a year deals with whether or not we were “rippers.” What does that mean? A ripper is a teacher who rips out pages from her teacher resource books rather than keeping the book intact. I am proud to say that I qualify as a ripper. Although I kept resources like monthly books intact, I ripped out my reproducible skills sheets and sorted them into files labeled with corresponding standards. I’m an organizer, and by ripping out these pages, I could better keep track of the materials I wanted to use.
At last check 33% of our editors were rippers and 66% were not. (It always seems like there are more of us rippers, but maybe we’re just more vocal about it.) What about you? Are you a ripper? Why or why not? I’m not the only editor here who wants to know, so please, share your thoughts!
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I became a ripper when I looked back at some old issues and realized there were ideas I’d forgotten about and could’ve used. I told myself that the magazines could be better used torn apart and filed and I began ripping.
I wish I was a ripper! I just spent much of my vacation week reorganizing my many volumes of Mailbox! Now if only I could find the time to rip and organize…
I’m a ripper and a copier. I have files for Pre-K and 1st-2nd grades. I’ve taught in both classrooms in our school. My files fill a whole drawer in my home filing cabinet and more at school. I love ripping articles from other magazines to add to Mailbox ideas.
Yes, I am a ripper. hee hee
I often hesitate to rip books apart because I am afraid I’ll misplace the only master copy I have. So I typically go through and make copies of the reproducibles I want, file them away and keep my magazines all together in one place.
I am a ripper. I forget what each magazine has in it. If it is February and we are studying simple machines, I will not remember that there is an activity in the October issue. So I like to rip out and put in file folders for better use by me.
I am/am not a ripper. It depends on what magazine/book I am looking at. I rip recipes, craft idea, home improvement ideas, and paper craft ideas, but I NEVER rip pages from my Mailbox magazines. I find it much easier to just write a subject/topic on a sticky note and run copies as needed. This way I know that I won’t ever lose something that I want again.
I rip mine out and then put them into a binder. I can combine several books into one. I usually combine books that are used together so they are all in one place.