Teacher Resources and Classroom Management - Friday Folder

Organize those papers going home!!

At our school we send home a 'Friday Folder'. The students decorate an oversized brown, clasp envelope (9"x12" envelopes aren't large enough for some of those big projects). We run each through the laminator. The kids know that they get ONE laminated envelope for the year. The trick was organizing the papers that go home in this folder. We send homework papers, and notes about activities, as well as notes from the office. I purchased a plastic basket made for hanging file folders, along with a file folder for each student. I put the files in alphabetical order according to first names.

This makes the filling easier for students and aides. Everyone knows that when there is something to go home, we put it by the 'Friday Folder File'. I always have students who are eager to do the filling and it has worked great. No important papers have been lost anymore!
Submitted by: Jennifer teach@email-removed