You just have to tell the sub which pages the students need to work on.
You don’t have to send your teacher neighbor to make copies for you – because your students have everything they need already in their packet. If you or your child gets sick, sub plans are a breeze. It makes it so easy to be absent last minute if you have to.I also rarely have students losing papers because they get everything at one time. Even though it is a lot of papers at once, I can watch them put it in their binder and leave it there, rather than having to hang on to 100 individual papers passed out each day.
It has been incredibly effective for my lower level students. It puts responsibility back on the students to maintain their science binder with their packet, while also aiding them in practicing organization skills.
I haven’t seen a copier in two years and it’s glorious!) – and now I have the packets in a DIGITAL PAPERLESS version so you don’t have to make ANY copies! You can read more about my new digital paperless classroom here. (Also the last few years I’ve recruited seniors to be my “Teacher’s Aide” and have trained them to copy all of my packets for me. Even though it takes a while to copy the packets for each student, it saves so much time on a day-to-day basis.
I only have to make copies one time each unit instead of copying handouts every day. Anything and everything that is a part of the unit comes in one complete packet, and students add new packets to a binder and separate with dividers each time they get one. I believe they do all of the things that interactive notebooks do (reduce clutter, organize content, provide a resource to support student-parent-teacher communication, allow flexibility in learning styles, etc.) but are more appropriate for students who are on their way to college (where they will never see an interactive notebook again) and save even more class time! 8 Reasons Why I love using Packets They contain all of the content the students will need for that particular unit: unit outline, Cornell notes outlines, homework, practice handouts, labs, activities, and projects. I call them packets. Essentially I create a packet for each unit – usually between 25-30 pages (depending on the number of labs and activities) – that I give to each student at the start of the unit. I know so many teachers love them, and I love the heart behind using them, but I think I’ve found a strategy that is even better organizationally and more appropriate for use in a secondary classroom than interactive notebooks. I’m not saying INB is ineffective at all, I just want to offer another curriculum implementation/organization strategy for those teachers and students who aren’t into them. Now let me preface by saying this – I know that I am about to create a controversy by saying I don’t like INB. I’ve tried them in my classroom, and they just weren’t a good fit. Interactive notebooks have been one of the biggest trends in education over the last few years, but are something I’ve never been able to buy into.
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