Post by Uplifting Education on Dec 1, 2011 22:20:55 GMT -8
Excerpts from: - Use a Color-Coded System with Elementary and Middle School Children
Jun 6, 2009 by Suzanne Pitner
As students move into upper elementary and middle school, they must learn how to organize schoolwork to be successful. This color-coded system is simple and easy to use.
Students face increasingly heavy workloads in this age of standardized testing and rigorous NCLB requirements. Without an effective technique for organizing schoolwork, they may become overwhelmed. Parents and teachers can help students learn management strategies for staying on track with all assignments.
Having good classroom management strategies and organized systems for student paperwork makes a more effective learning environment. Students don't waste time searching for lost papers or asking for extra copies. The time saved by having organized students gives more time on task for teaching and learning.
Organize Schoolwork and Homework with Color
Teachers can teach effective study skills by organizing the classroom with a color-coded system. In upper elementary and middle school, students are often in a self-contained classroom, but they still lose papers and assignments. Color-coding each subject helps students develop a filing system. Whether using tabbed notebooks or folders, each subject will have a different color.
An example system might look like this:
Red - Mathematics
Blue - Language Arts and Writing
White - Spelling
Green - Science
Orange - Social Studies
Yellow - Homework
Organized Folder System for Upper Elementary Students
In the upper elementary grades, between the ages of 9 and 12, students are first learning to be responsible for projects and assignments on their own. Having a designated folder for each subject is a first step toward developing organized classroom skills.
The Organized Homework Folder
The yellow homework folder should have helpful charts and notes that the students use in school. This way, they have the same support system at home that they use in class. Examples of notes on homework folders are:
Multiplication table
Number line
Place value chart
Orders of Operation
Finding the mean, median, mode and range
Parts of speech
Editing marks
Commonly misspelled words
States and capitals or other geographic terms.
In middle school, typically between the ages of 12-14, students can be taught how to organize a notebook with all their classroom and homework assignments in it. The same color-coded system works well in the notebook. Instead of using folders, the students use colored tab dividers.
The front of the notebook should have a class schedule, a calendar for project and assignment due dates, and one or two pages of helpful charts and study aids. The study aids should be laminated or placed in a clear plastic sleeve for durability.
Jun 6, 2009 by Suzanne Pitner
As students move into upper elementary and middle school, they must learn how to organize schoolwork to be successful. This color-coded system is simple and easy to use.
Students face increasingly heavy workloads in this age of standardized testing and rigorous NCLB requirements. Without an effective technique for organizing schoolwork, they may become overwhelmed. Parents and teachers can help students learn management strategies for staying on track with all assignments.
Having good classroom management strategies and organized systems for student paperwork makes a more effective learning environment. Students don't waste time searching for lost papers or asking for extra copies. The time saved by having organized students gives more time on task for teaching and learning.
Organize Schoolwork and Homework with Color
Teachers can teach effective study skills by organizing the classroom with a color-coded system. In upper elementary and middle school, students are often in a self-contained classroom, but they still lose papers and assignments. Color-coding each subject helps students develop a filing system. Whether using tabbed notebooks or folders, each subject will have a different color.
An example system might look like this:
Red - Mathematics
Blue - Language Arts and Writing
White - Spelling
Green - Science
Orange - Social Studies
Yellow - Homework
Organized Folder System for Upper Elementary Students
In the upper elementary grades, between the ages of 9 and 12, students are first learning to be responsible for projects and assignments on their own. Having a designated folder for each subject is a first step toward developing organized classroom skills.
The Organized Homework Folder
The yellow homework folder should have helpful charts and notes that the students use in school. This way, they have the same support system at home that they use in class. Examples of notes on homework folders are:
Multiplication table
Number line
Place value chart
Orders of Operation
Finding the mean, median, mode and range
Parts of speech
Editing marks
Commonly misspelled words
States and capitals or other geographic terms.
In middle school, typically between the ages of 12-14, students can be taught how to organize a notebook with all their classroom and homework assignments in it. The same color-coded system works well in the notebook. Instead of using folders, the students use colored tab dividers.
The front of the notebook should have a class schedule, a calendar for project and assignment due dates, and one or two pages of helpful charts and study aids. The study aids should be laminated or placed in a clear plastic sleeve for durability.
