Ultimate Guide to Math Curriculum Organization

This post is your ultimate guide to Math Curriculum organization. With the recent launch of Total Math, we’ve turned our attention to all things organization as we have been prepping the three grade levels.

Organization Goals for Total Math Curriculum

Our goals for Total Math curriculum organization are function, affordability, and appeal. We will not pretend it isn’t important that we like the look of the curriculum sitting out in the classroom since it will be something we utilize daily. Part of the appeal of Total Math is the color-coordinating we have embedded in the grade levels. This ultimate guide to math curriculum organization will provide free labels, links, and videos to all things organization. You can also find a video at the end of this post where I talk you through the components.

Step-by-Step Math Curriculum Organization

To begin, we needed to find just the right container for each unit. We settled on the clean affordable option of these white Iris brand medium-size boxes on Amazon (affiliate link). One great feature of these boxes is that they come in a six-pack and there are twelve units of Total Math. We love the simple math on that.

We previously had our eyes on some clear acrylic file boxes that were what Pinterest dreams are made of, but ultimately, we did not agree with the price tag on those (trust, ridiculously priced). Because we are prepping 12 units for three grade levels, we simply needed to find the most affordable option.

Color-Coordinated Curriculum Organization Tools

It’s one thing to have the materials make sense and be easy to access and put away, but we also wanted to have the curriculum make sense across grade levels. We know many educators are teaching multiple grade levels. For this reason, we chose a designated color for each grade level. Kindergarten is pink, first grade is yellow, and second grade is greenish-blue.

Below we have affiliate links to Amazon of the color-coordinated organization tools we used for the three grade levels.

Labels for Total Math Curriculum Organization

If you’ve seen us in a professional development session, you already know labels are our love language. It is no different with Total Math. Our ultimate guide to math curriculum organization has to offer free labels for unit boxes. If you have a different box, bin, or tub idea, you can adjust the size of them in your printing options. The scope and sequence for each grade level of Total Math has binder spine labels too so we are linking those here as well.

Total Math Lesson Labels for Organization

Now that we have the boxes labeled, we need to get into the details of the prep. We have created Lesson Labels to put on the 10 x 12 clear plastic baggies using Avery labels. For every lesson in Total Math, we have created a label for you! Beyond that, we have created labels for the Hands-On Math Stations too. Everything is all found HERE in the free download.

Organization Accessories

The items below are the fun accessories that pull together the fun pastel color coordination of the math curriculum.

Total Math Notebook Labels

We have the learning log labels and math notes labels for your student composition books in this free download. You’ll find the labels and student contracts in both English and Spanish plus you’ll get an explanation of the difference between a learning log and math notes too! As always, you can choose what works best for your students since both come with Total Math automatically.

Total Math Organization Video Walk Through

Let’s sit and go through the math curriculum organization together. I love a good visual and video is even better. I hope this explanation of the unit boxes can help as you set up Total Math.

Total Math Workstation Set-Up Organization

Finally, we have even more free downloads for you to use to organize and set up your Total Math Workstations. You’ll find the free Math Workstation Posters and Workstation Set-Up to truly finish off the ultimate guide to math curriculum organization.

Complete with colored circles, letter cutouts, numbers, the math icons, and more. You can create any display you need with everything found in this free download.

Finish off your display with free math workstation posters that are great lessons for the beginning of the year or good reminders throughout the year.

We sure hope you love these resources as much as we love dreaming them all up.