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 aksjomaty
 
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							| Hello dear Teachers, I �ve got a question for you - how do you organize your worksheets and other teaching materials?
 Do you group them by level, age of students, skill, function, student �s book they go with, grammar point, topic, vocabulary?
 I �ve got a problem with that, I mean they very often fall into more than one category, right?
 I �ve managed to collect huge amount of material so far, but it �s rather a mess right now, so I �m looking for some efficient "storage method" :)
 How do you handle your collection?
 Looking forward to hearing your tips :)
 Hugs from foggy Poland :)
 
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 libertybelle
 
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							| I have my things in main folders and sub-folders: 
 Grammar
 and under that I have sub-folders for:
 verbs, adverbs, adjectives etc.
 
 I also have folders for:
 games
 informative worksheets (by category)
 Ecology
 Violence
 Identities - etc
 
 Vocabulary learning:
 The House
 Classroom
 Family
 Furniture
 Pets - etc.
 
 Reading materials
 Writing materials
 Essay ideas
 Teaching ideas
 
 Working with Word Program
 
 and many more.
 
 But most important I save all the Wss by title and with the author �s name.
 
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 Kate (kkcat)
 
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							| I just print out the WSs I need to use in class and then put them in a few folders I have according to their purpose :) But in my computer it can take me ages to find  �that WS by this author � and sometimes I first find this WS here on the site then look at the date it was uploaded and then look through all the WSs I downloaded on that exact date :) Usually I find...if not - I just download it again. Though a few months ago I used the same mehtod as libertybelle �s and have some of the worksheets saved by title and name of the author.
 
 
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 Tatyana83
 
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							| i have a messssss....in my PC..a have FOLDERS..named...if i need something sometimes i USE..SEaRCh.. |  17 Nov 2009     
					
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 SaraMariam
 
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							| I use the same method with main folders and subfolders, sometimes even subsubfolders to be more precise since my collection is growing and it �s not always easy to find the exact ws that i wanted; e.g. house - rooms - batgroom - furniture / house - rooms - bathroom - objects. I like to keep the dates of the ws; sicne sometimes I find a part 2 missing; so i can search again on the site to find it:) |  17 Nov 2009     
					
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 Olindalima ( F )
 
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							| Hi friends 
 I am a kind of organized being, I hate things out of place.
 This means that I AM ALWAYS STRESSED ; BECAUSE I NEVER MANAGE WHAT I WANT.
 
 Anyway, in my computer I have a folder for my 5th form and another for my sixthies. Inside each one , I have folders according:
 main vocabulary
 grammar and sub folders on different items
 festivities
 clipart (and zillions of subfolders )
 games
 planning
 .....
 inside each folder I have tons of documents
 
 
 I also have the author´s name in each printable, well, not all exactly, the first ones I downloaded I didn´´t take note, but now , I always download the printable with its original name and the author´s name.
 
 
 I also have some folders from our big, big stars, here in ESL
 
 But I keep on looking for a better way to organize all this stuff!!!! NOT EASY!!!!
 
 Hope I have helped, but. my opinion, probably not.
 
 Not the right place to write this, even so, excuse me. let me say a BIG hello to my dear Saraamiriam. Hope everything is ok with you, big hug to Sara
 
 Hugs to all of you
 linda
 
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 manuelanunes3
 
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							| Hi!     I organize the worksheets by putting them into folders by subject and grammar items. Like this:   - house - food - adjectives - conditionals - clothes - simple present - simple past   Then I have some folders with the grades where I put special worksheets that I am sure I will use because they are very very good and useful and because they are exactly what I will need in the future.   - 6th form - 7th form - 8th form - Secondary   I also organize them by their names and sometimes I add the author´s name. |  18 Nov 2009     
					
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 aksjomaty
 
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							| Thank you so much for all replies :) Cheers from not-so-cold-and-ugly-today Poland :)
 
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