Personally, I am leaning back to binders for next year. After being on our third unit using the folders, I really do not think the kids have any preference for doing it this way. We are using folders for all subjects in this way. I thought the kids might enjoy having each unit stored separately. We used the big binder last year, and while it worked, I had the idea that a folder for each unit would be better. I also look at the read aloud suggestions at the beginning of the book and decide whether to order the listed books or borrow similar books from the library.įor storing student pages this year, we are using bradded folders as science notebooks for each unit instead of keeping all the science pages in one larger binder. This also ensures that I printed everything that needs printing, and gives me a chance to review what additional materials will be needed for each lesson. When I start a new unit, I pull all of the printed pages from the plastic pocket and divide into file folders by lesson number while flipping through the bound lesson book. So far, only the vocabulary cards of from the TG&TB unit, the rest are items I created. We are only a few lessons in, so there is not much up there yet. Better the posters than my walls! The science wall for our current unit, Kingdoms and Classifications. I hang words or diagrams on the posters with tape and poster putty, so by the end of the year, the posters are pretty beat up looking. Our Science wall is simply two poster boards attached to the classroom wall with 3M Command Poster Strips. The spiral-bound lesson book and plastic pocket folder of materials for Botany, our next unit. Laminating also makes the pieces stiffer so they will not curl or get creases. For most of the units, I took the time to laminate the vocabulary words, as they would be hung and removed from our science wall. I printed the mini-books, the vocabulary words, handouts, and extra copies of student pages and stored them in clear plastic folders from Dollar Tree. I would then take the pages that I wanted bound to a local print shop. Most of the units were purchased as PDF downloads and printed at home. This year, I scheduled fewer units for us to complete to leave room in our schedule to insert additional science topics as needed: Space Science, Energy, Kingdoms and Classification, and Botany. Last year, we completed the units for Marine Biology (free), Chemistry, Human Body, Arthropods, and Into to Energy (this used to be 2 units, they have now been combined into one unit). We have been using science units from The Good and the Beautiful for two years now.
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