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Post by anon4now on Aug 18, 2009 11:09:58 GMT -5
How do you guys organize your kids for school? I think this year (5th grade) my son will need to actually get organized. I'm thinking a folder for each subject. In the past it's always been 1 homework folder, and the school supplied the folder. I haven't gotten any instruction from the teacher yet and school starts in 1 week!
Be interested in hearing any cool tips that work for your kids.
Anon
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Post by jfla on Sept 2, 2009 7:37:41 GMT -5
I think you are on the right track with one folder for each subject. Each year I tried to improve on the "notebook situation" with my son's input. and each year the needs changed. He preferred to have a folder or 1/2" ringed binder for each class/subject.
In middle school, all of the folders were kept in a zippered binder (rings had been removed) for easy transport and assurance that he would always have the subject he needed.
The plastic folders he used were ones that had several "pages" of pockets to keep various stages of work in the subject. Each subject folder had sections for homework, completed work to turn in, recent work, and perhaps a project, vocabulary etc.
In high school he liked 1/2" ringed binders with dividers for each subject. All of these he kept in a backpack which was carried between classes.
It was important for him to have either the backpack or zippered notebook to keep all the folders/binders in. It ensured he would always have whatever papers he might need and reduced having to figure out which folder he needed to bring home. it also proved helpful to keep all of the papers from the semester in the folder/notebook.
A few years ago a company came out with color coded school supplies which would have been so helpful for us. folders, spirals, dividers Each color corresponds to a different subject.
Good luck!
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Post by misty on Sept 2, 2009 8:20:20 GMT -5
folders, spirals, dividers Each color corresponds to a different subject. My daughter is cyber schooled, so she is at home, but I made a "locker" out of a wooden linen chest. I color coded her classes like jfla explained , with each course having it's own color assigned to it. She does her classes in her bedroom, but I have her come down between classes to exchange one set of books for the next so that she only has the current classes supplies with her at the time. This keeps things from getting jumbled together. |
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Post by katiekat on Sept 2, 2009 12:28:41 GMT -5
One thing I make sure of is that the backpack, when it comes home, goes in one place and one place only. And that homework is always done in the same place. Supplies from the backpack never leave that area because I know they will then never make it back to school. I organize his backpack every night because it's always a mess and then check again in the morning for unneccesary items which Sean likes to sneak to school, then get in trouble for playing with. (like a bag of about 50 shaped erasers)
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Post by jfla on Sept 2, 2009 14:32:22 GMT -5
While there are so many ways to organize and kids are introduced to a wide variety by teachers and parents, they still need to figure out what works for them.
I know one student that organized all of his papers in his binder by date regardless of subject. So all subjects were mixed together, but sequenced in a sort of timeline approach of each school day. By the end of the semester in high school, he had a huge stack of loose papers in a zippered binder. He didn't use rings and if he needed a paper, he would thumb thru by date to find it. Even after the notebook fell and scattered all of the pages (twice it happened) he rejected all attempts by others to intervene and "help" him organize in a different way. It worked for him.
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Post by puzzled on Sept 3, 2009 18:45:19 GMT -5
Chase resists all attempts at organization, but he had a fabulous year last year, so I am not bugging him too much about it. He does have an extra set of textbooks for at home so he doesn't need to remember to bring books home. He hasn't had any problems turning in work all of last year and so far this year, but the year is new and I must admit I am still waiting for 'the other shoe to drop' so to speak. It is difficult to fully believe that he has things under control....
For myself (I am taking college classes) I like to use the folders with multiple pockets so I can keep all the homework for all the subjects in one place. I use a spiral notebook for each class, and buy the ones with the pockets so I can keep the syllabus for each in the appropriate spiral notebook. I also use my assignment book religiously or I am certain that I would forget to complete assignments No comments from the peanut gallery, please, LOL. I have come to realize that I, too, have a touch of symptoms too....I have just learned how to compensate over the years.
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Post by jill on Sept 9, 2009 7:06:04 GMT -5
Our school gave us a list
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