Thread: writing notebook? binder? how to organize?

We use 3 ring binders that stay in the classroom. So they write their paper at home and then they turn them in to be graded. When I hand them back they put them in their binder. The binder stays in the classroom so nothing gets lost.

I think they key is having the students keep them in the classroom when they are finished. You can use a folder with prongs or a binder, both work well here. It's good to teach our kids early on that they need to be organized. Having them do the work in class or at home but storing it in class will teach them to organize.

I have used binders, hardbound books and writing folders over the years. What works for me is a combination of things. I keep a writing folder in the classroom where all the student's work for a grading period goes. This way if there's a question about a grade, we can pull up the paper in question. Students also don't have to carry it around with them all the time. At the end of the course, they can take all their papers home. I still have them keep a writing journal.