Monday, April 21, 2014

Schedule Book scribd page links and updated binder use for it

OK so I am frustrated and figured I would just list a group link to the pages for the schedule book because I am (now) not seeing Monday showing up either even tho I know it is there.  So hopefully, these links will get you to the pages to be able to print the basic schedule book.  There are other pages with little tags for it but I am seeing them show up, so check the whatsinthebox (my user name for Scribd) for those.

The original style

New idea for this year:

I put the schedule book into a 3-ring binder.  I cut off the spiral binding and then trimmed up the edging a tad. I will need to put clear tape on the edge because I cut the 'melted' part of the lamination off to do this. To avoid any further damage-or have it split apart, I will have to do a simple clear tape fix-it job on it. After cutting off the edging I punched the holes and placed it into the binder.  Now in hindsight, if I had decided to put it in a binder instead of getting it spiral bound, I would have avoided the need to doctor it up. I also could have changed the outside of the front cover to anything really-maybe a blocked page with a spot to put a label for the month or something.  I dunno-but since it is what it is, it shall stay as is. I did have to make a new cover for the outside of the binder-which was easy to do.  The reason I chose to change this up is because I can now place the schedule book upright if need be (otherwise, with the spiral binding it slumped over) and the pockets will allow for a printed sheet with any other 'need to know for your week' data the boy will require.  I can change that out each week, or month.

Haven't quite decided how to tweak it all out since we are literally coming back to using this.  I missed it.  He needs it and I hope it does what it is intended to do-keep him from being a wanderer and from not being focused. Ah, pre-teen boys-the challenges of keeping them motivated.  Now for next year he will have different schedule book pages (will make over the summer-most likely will be all car or baseball themed) but figured I would get my time's worth out of this one for the rest of the semester.  We'll go a tad more grown up for his first year as a Jr. High student (in the fall).  I will still use tags that Velcro on tho to keep me from having to constantly type or write out repetitive activities.



I just put a few tags on for an example.  I am in the process of making new ones-esp. for the world geography we'll be covering next year, and other various tags that relate to his current interests.

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