Well, I finally had the time to work on my sharpened and unsharpened pencil can project. My old ones were looking pretty bad, so I decided to do a make over. I don't let students sharpen their own pencils. I want keep my sharpener for as long as I can and I have found my method to work pretty well. I have a sharpened can and an unsharpened can and have found that this classroom management strategy works with my second graders. They know to make sure they have 2 sharpened pencils in the mornings. I try to keep the sharpened can as full as possible and when I see the unsharpened can getting full, I know it's time to sharpen again. It's amazing what some spray paint and foam letters will do!
