Got Pencils?

Pencil Management in the Classroom

Does every pencil in your classroom seem to disappear?  No, it’s just me?  It drives me crazy but I believe I have found the magic answer!  This is the perfect borrowing system.  All you need are clip magnets, pencils, and a magnetic space (I use my markerboard).  

I clip about six pencils to the board each day.  When a student needs a pencil they take one and write their name under the clip.  Then when they later return the pencil they erase their name.  At the end of the day I can easily see who still needs to return their pencil. 

The strangest thing about this system....I have gained pencils!  Students find pencils and turn them in.  At the end of the week I have three times as many pencils as I did on Monday!  I have been using this system for years and I am never going back!