I am still pumped up about this Daily 5 program! Now I am reflecting on organizational tools. In the past I've always had the students use folders. Well...this past year we used them so frequently that we were constantly changing folders. It was A LOT to transfer over! Now I am thinking about having two 1" binders for each student. One binder will be kept in the "book box," and the other binder will be their "take home" binder. Since I've decided to do a "Hollywood" theme for the year, the "take home" binder will be the "Popcorn" binder: Practical Organization & Parent Communication: Ongoing Responsibility Nightly!" Now...before you start thinking that my creative mind came up with that....NOT. Look at the Teacher Clubhouse website! (
http://www.teachersclubhouse.com/ ) How awesome! The "book box" binder will be the S.T.A.R. binder: Students Taking Academic Responsibility. Within these two binders, students will find writing and reading resources. What else should be in the binders? Do you think 1" will be enough? What are you going to do? Binders or folders? Let me know your thoughts....
Someone from U5 last year had an amazing binder. I only heard the end of the process. She presented it when we had a sharing session of all of the different offerings from the ROE during summer 2010. I wish I could remember who that was!
ReplyDeleteHum...was it the student binder or the conferring notebook? Hopefully I will hear more about the student notebook at my class next week!
ReplyDeleteI think it might have been the conferring notebook.
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