Teacher Tip Tuesday

Its not much, but here is one of the best ideas I've ever put to use in my classroom: day-of-the-week missing work folders. Where else to put all those extra handouts at the end of the day? In the past I've used boring old manila folders (blech). This year, I got creative and went to Staples to find some patterned ones (woop).

What to do at the end of the week when Monday creeps up on you all over again? I have a binder set-up underneath each bulletin board that I put the previous week's papers into. At the end of each unit, quarter, semester, etc. (whenever I need more room in the binder). I clean it out.

This is a great tool to put the responsibility on the student for getting missed work/handouts instead of the teacher. By now, the kids pretty much know the drill or are gently reminded by my pointing finger steering them in the right direction.

I've seen other teachers laminate their manila folders so they can write on the cover of the folder what the contents were (with a thin-tip dry erase marker). I've thought about doing this as a way to keep a running (weekly) list of previous Learning Targets ("I can" statements or objectives you might call them).

I hope this Teacher Tip finds you...well...ready for Winter Break! ;o)

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