Get helpful tips for how to manage data folders in the primary classroom. Download the free student data folders kit to get started!
Tons of ideas for how I use student work folders in speech and language therapy. Includes organization tips, storage examples, and tips and tricks.
Easily label and organize student folders with these editable folder covers! To edit, click in the text box and type student's name. Covers Included Take Home Folder Homework Folder Communication Folder Math Folder Word Study Folder Reading Folder Daily 5 Folder Writing Folder Work on Writing Fold...
Tons of ideas for how I use student work folders in speech and language therapy. Includes organization tips, storage examples, and tips and tricks.
School SLPs can set-up articulation speech folders to help them stay organized with planning out a treatment program for articulation therapy.
Learn how to use data notebooks in the classroom, set up student-teach conferences, and goal set with your elementary students.
School SLPs can set-up articulation speech folders to help them stay organized with planning out a treatment program for articulation therapy.
Take Home Folders/Homework Folders... Let's talk about how to set up, label, organize, and manage Take Home Folders. Getting my folders set up is always a huge priority during summer break. I NEVER wait for students to bring their supplies to school on Meet the Teacher night because I want to have my folders set up and ready to go for the first week of school. I also want all students to have THE SAME FOLDER. I always choose green for my Take Home Folders because green means go. These are the only folders that go home. All the other folders stay at school. If you start shopping the Back to School sales in July, you can get a class set of folders for a couple bucks. In fact, do yourself a favor, and buy about 10-15 extra folders because undoubtedly you will get a few new students during the year or some folders will be lost or damaged. Some years I've bought the cheap folders (without the prongs) and laminated them. I used an X-Acto knife to slice open the pocket openings. This worked fine, but I would usually replace the entire class set around Christmas. Other years, I've found awesome deals on the poly/plastic/vinyl thick, sturdy folders. Those really hold up a lot better in my opinion. Maybe your principal will even splurge and buy a class set of nice folders for you?!?! ::Fingers crossed:: Once you've found a class set of awesome folders, it's time to get them labeled. I put the kiddos name (and number) on the front of the folder. If you don't have your class list yet, just skip this step. On the inside of the folder, I put two sticker labels. The left side says “Keep at Home” and the right pocket says “Return to School.” Print these on 2x4 inch standard shipping labels. On the back of the folder, I have a label with my name and room number on it incase another teacher or student finds it in the hallway or on the bus. I also put my e-mail or phone number. This part is totally optional, but I figure it doesn’t hurt to have it on there. As I mentioned before, some years I've bought the folders with the prongs so I could use a sheet protector to hold the students' reading log and behavior chart. Other years, I didn't buy the pronged folders and just slid these papers inside. :) Insert behavior chart and reading log inside the sheet protector so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle. Here is an example of the reading log and behavior log to communicate with parents. Even if you don't use a color chart in your classroom, this behavior log could still work for you. Simply jot down a quick note about the child's day: "Great effort today!" "Don't forget to raise your hand before talking out." "Had some trouble in the cafeteria but otherwise AWESOME day." "Thanks for being a leader today!" Realistically, a teacher doesn't have time to write a personalized note to 25 students every day. That's when STICKERS come to the rescue. I can pass out a sticker to every student who earned one in less than 60 seconds. I don't want anything super time consuming, but I do like a way to keep in touch with parents. I think it also holds kiddos accountable for their day. #oldschool With that being said, if there has been a bigger issue at school, I would definitely call or e-mail the parents to touch base. To learn more about the 5-Step System I use for Take Home Folders, check out Part 2 of this series. Please also check out my Take Home Folder VIDEO to get more ideas and details on setting up, organizing, and managing folders in the primary classroom. Download the labels and forms in my TpT store.
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We've all seen the clutter that accrues when a student is absent! Papers end up all over the ground, get lost, and need to be reprinted. Get rid of that problem for good with these absent student folders! Simply collect all of the work a student missed while they were gone and put it in the folder! To create an absent folder/binder, simply print this resource, laminate it, and secure to the front of a folder or slide it in the sleeve of a binder - whichever you prefer to send work home in. There is an option to have a student-note taker as well.
These errorless file folders includes 10 different activities to help your students learn how to do matching folders. These are perfect for independent work tasks in your special education classroom. The beauty of errorless tasks is there is no wrong answer! Students learn how to complete left to right tasks. Errorless file folders can be a great way to guarantee success for early, reluctant and/or anxious students. Some of the targeted skills include: Fine motor - pincer grasp Left to right task routine One to one correspondence Contents: 10 animal feelings matching file folders folder labels Includes directions for making, setting up and using the file folders. While created for students with autism in mind, these can be great for any special education or early childhood classroom. Please note: This is a digital download. You will download, print, and prep as needed. No physical items will be sent to you.
Learn how to create file folder activities for your special education students that will help them learn and grow.
Easily label and organize student folders with these editable folder covers! To edit, click in the text box and type student's name. Covers Included Take Home Folder Homework Folder Communication Folder Math Folder Word Study Folder Reading Folder Daily 5 Folder Writing Folder Work on Writing Fold...
For our learners who need to work on foundational learning skills, such as simple matching, I have always love creating hands on task boxes put-in tasks and ...
Well, hello! It's Kelley from Teacher Idea Factory. I'm coming to you today with a bit of a random post, but RANDOM just seems to be how September can in the teaching world. It's fast and furious (case in point . . . it's already the 25th). It's that time of year when you are finally getting your feet back under you and things really start to take shape in your classroom. Well, this week was right along those lines for Ms. Dolling. With this said, I am going to share with you a tip, a trick, and a story from my week. It will be a quick read . . . I know Johnny prep is knockin' on your door. A TIP My teaching partner taught me the most amazing tip this year. It has totally changed my afternoons and has saved me oodles of time and a HUGE headache at the end of the day. I used to pass out reading folders during the last five minutes of school. I always pushed my luck and tackled this task with only five minutes to spare -- like "5 minutes to spare" as in the kids would have to spend the night at school if I didn't get 'er done and get my bum out the door. Well, this made for a very persnickety Ms. D! To make matters worse, the kids somehow always seemed to get all jacked up at this exact moment of the day. I couldn't get the job done quickly as they were talking and goofing around. I typically had to re-direct multiple times and it took FOREVER. This simple routine usually ended in me feeling pretty stressed and a little hot around the collar. Well, this teaching catastrophe has been totally eliminated by making one small change. (You are a genius, Court). I now put the reading folders out on the desks during lunch. When the kids come in, they know to put their folder inside their backpack and come to the carpet. Not only does it take care of a very important step CALMLY, but it also allows me to take roll without having to look around the room or call out names. If a folder is left, I am missing someone. BOOM! Yup . . . this one knocked my socks off. A TRICK If you follow me, you know that I am all about working angles. I attempt to find a way to teach standards that "hooks" kiddos into what I'm dishin'. I especially like to spice up the boring grammar and phonics standards. It seems like SORTS go hand and hand with practice in these areas. Don't get me wrong, a cut-n-paste ditty is just fine a lot of the time. However, I like to change it up every now and again to make something really stick. One way I do this is relay races. You can turn any word sort into a quick and FUN relay race. Here's how this rolls. Simply use laminated cards that you have typed up. You can also use Sharpie to write words or sentences on foam pieces. Place your babes into teams of 4-5 and line them up. Place the cards at the end of the course and set up sorting bins for your kids to use as they play. The rest of the game is played like a relay race . . . it just has the extra added element of sorting a word or a sentence before the next player in a team can tackle the course. My firsties ate this complete vs. incomplete sort up yesterday. We played three times! I include a lot of these in the packs that I make, but you can make 'em on your own too!! It's easy and you can use relays for everything from math facts to sight words. AND A STORY As Captain Question Mark made his way into our class this week (it's a crazy role play idea on how to teach question marks -- READ ABOUT IT HERE), the funniest thing happened. The pirate hook was getting passed around and different kiddos were getting to play the part of Captain Hook. Well, some little innocent sweetie yelled out, "Who gets to be the HOOKER now?" The mother helper and I were dying. Swoon . . . I love me some firsties. Here's to a wonderful rest of the week my friends. Thanks for taking the time to visit Blog Hoppin' today!!!
These take home folder covers are editable and look great when laminated and glued onto student folders! This file includes 2 versions ( 10 take home folder covers & 10 plain folder covers) The take home folder words in the center are not editable, but the top is open to type student names and the bottom is editable to add teacher name, room number, and more! Also included are inside labels that you can glue onto pockets: keep at home & return to school. You can check out my store for more matching bright rainbow boho back to school resources and classroom decor! *If you are interested in using the same fonts, you will need to purchase them separately. The names of the fonts are included on the credits page. -You will need an updated version of PPT to download this file.
We've all seen the clutter that accrues when a student is absent! Papers end up all over the ground, get lost, and need to be reprinted. Get rid of that problem for good with these absent student folders! Simply collect all of the work a student missed while they were gone and put it in the folder! To create an absent folder/binder, simply print this resource, laminate it, and secure to the front of a folder or slide it in the sleeve of a binder - whichever you prefer to send work home in. There is an option to have a student-note taker as well.
