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I also know that these students enjoyed playing with different manipulatives while learning math and science, for instance. Leslie is the teacher behind KindergartenWorks. She believes in teaching kinders how to be pretty incredible along with teaching them to read, write and think for themselves. She enjoys drinking hot tea, making mud pies with her three kids and sharing what she's learned with teachers. Creating a Name Writing Notebook for your preschoolers and kindergarteners!
It goes home with your student every night and comes back to school each morning. Each day their binders are placed in their mailbox. Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo.
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We organize and put them in backpacks at the end of the day. Here is a fun autograph page for all your sweet kiddies to sign their names to each other! A great alternative to those without a yearbook. There was a problem subscribing you to this newsletter. Found something you love but want to make it even more uniquely you?
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After re-printing the entire binder for my whole class, replacing the page protectors, and almost crying from exhaustion and defeat, I had my first set of Take Home Binders. R.O.A.R. stands for Responsible, Organized and Growing- all the things we hope for our wonderful students throughout the year! A roar binder is a great way to teach your students responsibility!

I printed a class set of the month's calendars with a reading book log (to track at-home reading) on the back. I hole punched them and inserted them behind the mail sleeve. I printed a class set of the labels and simply stuck it on.
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These materials will make a big difference for my students since they will be learning from home. Students will need fun activities to work on some essential skills at the beginning of the school year especially those who were not able to attend preschool. It also will be a skills refresher for those who did attend preschool. Set of 12 busy books printables with preschool learning activities for kids, Busy binder activity, Homeschool Learning Binder.

I choose "poly" plastic folders to last all year long. They are the two pocket kind with fasteners. I think there are a few things you can do to make a daily folder setup successful and easy for kindergartners to use. That’s when I bit the bullet and went out to buy a class set of 1-inch, white binders with a clear cover. You can actually get them in sets of 2 from Staples, although the Staples brand binders aren’t nearly as sturdy as the Avery binders.
These cover sheets will make any binder or folder pop! They are brightly colored polka dots with six different frame color options. You have the ability to edit this file for your personal classroom, but not for resale. Click on the text boxes and change the text to fit your needs. You can even add your own special clipart to make it even more personalized, if you want. DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need.

I added a "WORK" label onto the pocket and a one-liner to make it easy for everyone to understand the purpose. Pretty much all of the "stuff" that we get in the course of a day or comes from the office goes home in this pocket. Parents sort through and take it out daily or regularly. The purpose of the front pocket is to organize daily papers to take home.
I did cover the labels with clear packaging tape (wide enough to cover the label's height) so that they would last all year long and stand up to grubby kinder hands. I feel the need to get more organized with every passing year! Can you tell me what size binders you used? I was thinking 1″ but not sure after seeing all the things that go in the binder. I want a great place for parents to slide notes and lunch money in that would stay secure unlike in a take home folder where it could easily slip out.
Help me give my students resources from Teachers Pay Teachers, dry erase boards, dividers, sheet protectors, and more to create individual binders. It's see-through, which makes it easy on kinders, parents, and the teacher. Plus, the shape of the slash pocket means that kinders can slide full-size papers in and out on their own. So now here I am, almost 30 years old and much wiser. Parents know where to look for EVERYTHING because EVERYTHING is in the binder. Students start managing themselves and their belongings.
Plus how-to create reading folders with a FREE parent hand-out printable. Student Binder organization helps you start the year off right! I have used the organizational tool since my first days in the classroom. I like student binders instead of take home folders because they hold up better.

Interactive resources you can assign in your digital classroom from TPT. Explore a map with requests from teachers across the country. You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes. I am making a grade level change next year from 6th grade to Kinder. I taught Kinder 22 years, but I know things have changed a bit.
And when it is your child, the fret can multiply. Wouldn’t you rather have them talk to you so you can reassure them than take it to Facebook? I have taught in a variety of schools with the full gamut of parent types. Like I said, I have always included my cell phone number and I have NEVER regretted it… EVER.