Hey it's Abby and today I am so excited to share my organized student binder with
you!
I used to be an English teacher and I would have students that were absolutely brilliant
but they had trouble keeping all their work and items organized.
So, a few years ago on my blog, I started offering free student binder printables so that
students like those could take them, keep themselves organized, and really set themselves
up for success throughout the year.
So today I want to show you how I set up my binder and I will also link to the printables
in the description below so you can grab those for your favorite student.
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So let's take a peek inside the binder.
So the first thing we have is a cover page.
This is for the student to write their name right on that line.
And then right after that we have a class schedule so they can write down what class
they have, what teacher or professor, where the class is, and the period or time that
they need to be there so they can always stay nice and organized and know where they need
to be.
So to separate the sections, I like to use these tabbed dividers.
I especially like these ones.
I will link to them in the description.
They are nice and brightly colored and they have this nice pocket so students can put
their lose papers or assignments that they need to turn in right in the pocket.
The first section I have is a planning section and I have it labeled.
I used clear labeling tape with black lettering and my little label maker to make these and
I just put it right on here.
If you want it to pop a little more you could use the white tape with the black lettering.
So let's look at the planning section first.
Now I am a huge proponent of goal setting because I think it works so the very first
page I have in the planning section is a page where students can write down their goals
and also list some action steps to go along with them so they know what they have to do
next.
So next I use the smaller tabbed dividers to kind of break things up within each section.
They're just these plain white tabs so to make them a little prettier I put a piece
of Washi tape on the tab before I added my label.
It just gives it a little bit of something extra.
So I have a few different ways that students can plan and organize their time.
Now everybody's probably not going to use all of these but hopefully there are enough
options in here that you can pick and choose one that works well for you.
So, the first thing I have is a monthly calendar.
It goes from July of 2017 through December of 2018.
I also have one that's blank without a year where you can fill in the numbers yourself
so you can pick and choose.
On here, you can put in your assignments, you could put in your sports practice schedules
or your games.
You could use this so many different ways.
Not only is this great for students, it is helpful for non-students.
Anyone can use these calendar printables and they're good for organizing your time.
Along with the monthly calendar, I also have a weekly spread option so this is spread over
two pages so you have plenty of room to write in your weekly plan.
Each weekday is broken down by hour so if you want to go that detailed and plan out
your time hour by hour you can or you can just use the lines to write some notes for
each day.
It has space to plan out your goals for the week and then some notes as well.
So you can plan weekly.
If you really want to break it down even further and need more space to plan, I also have a
daily plan printable that you can use here.
Aagin, it's broken down by hour so you can plan out all the things that you need to do
that day.
You can put people that you need to contact and just any notes you need to remember.
One thing that I have found that's helpful for some students, in order to build habits
is to kind of establish daily routines.
So I have a printable for that as well.
It gives space to have a routine for the morning, the afternoon, and for the evening just to
give them something to shoot for so they're making sure they're kinda checking off all
those boxes and getting all their responsibilities completed each day.
And again, people probably won't use all of these planning printables at the same time
but you can kind of pick and choose what fits your stage of life at the moment.
So the next little tab or section in the binder is the tracking section so let's take a
look at that next.
There's a lot of things to keep track of as a student.
I remember getting the syllabus on the first day of class and just being overwhelmed at
everything I would have to do that quarter or that semester so these pages are going
to help break that down a little bit.
The first printable I have in here is an assignment schedule so you can take all those syllabi
that you get and write down which class you have assignments for, the due date, and what
the actual assignment itself is.
It can be all laid out nice and neatly so you always know what's coming up next.
In a similar vain, I have a printable that does the same thing for exams.
So it gives you a schedule that you can write everything out, you can always see when your
next exam is, and when you should start studying for it.
After that, we also have a reading log.
Did I mention that I was an English teacher?
I'm really into reading, I know it's really important so this can help your student keep
track of his or her reading time so they can see what they've read, how much time they're
spending on it, and if they need to kind of up their reading game as well.
So those are the first two sections of the binder.
The rest of the sections I have broken down by subject so English, Math, History, etc.
And there are a couple things that I have in every subject tab.
I have the same things.
So the first page in each subject tab is a grade tracker.
This way there are no surprises at the end of the quarter, at the end of the semester.
When the student gets their grade back, all they have to do is write down the date, what
assignment it was, the grade, and then they can keep a running total in the final column
so they can always see where they were, they can see what they're doing well and what
they could improve upon all on this sheet.
So after the grade tracker, we go to another one of these sub tabs.
I just have a place for notes.
A lot of people have requested a printable that's specifically for notes.
It's just really simple, it has some blank lines, it matches all the other ones so you
can take notes on there or I also have just plain loose leaf paper in my binder that you can take notes
on as well totally up to you.
Finally, my last tab in each subject section is a project planner.
Projects can get overwhelming.
They have a lot of moving parts so this printable can help the student write down everything
they need to know about their project all in one place.
They always have it for reference so it won't get confusing.
They can put the assignment details, their to-do list, their due date, materials, resources,
and notes.
One final thing I want to show that I keep in the back of the binder is this little three
hole punch.
It's a small one, it clips into the binder which is really nice.
But this is for if the teacher is passing back papers that aren't punched for you
already, you can quickly open this up, punch them really quick, and pop them into your
binder really easily without worrying about them getting lost in between the classroom
and when you get home.
So I will link that below as well.
It's really inexpensive.
I got it on Amazon and it's just a nice thing to have handy so you can keep all your
papers neatly tucked into your binder.
So I've been sharing this binder for a couple years on my blog and each year I've gotten
moms who have written in and said "I have a son, these printables would be perfect for
him but they have pink and they have cursive letters and he won't use them because they
are just not his style.
So this year, I did a second style of printables as well.
It's more masculine.
It's a blue color scheme.
Or if you have a girl that just doesn't love pink as well these could be good for
her.
Those will also be over on the blog and I'll link to them below.
You can get them in the same place as these printables.
So there are two styles to choose from.
They're free.
You can go print them off and get your student all set and ready to go to have a successful
year at school this year.
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