Need help finding a good planner for school

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Hi,

I'm looking for a planner for my son. He is going into a new school and 6th

grade. Since it's all new, I'm assuming he will be more disorganized to start

out. I would like to get him a really good planner for school.

Any ideas, any that would for your children? His old school gave them out, this

one does not

Bobbie in NJ

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My son is the same way too. I got him a binder and put in divider. I label each divider in the order: Class, Room, Time. I also, included one for papers for parents. We have issues with getting information. He tends to shovel everything in his desk or forget it.

He started 6th grade also. To ease the transition, we designed a map of his school and label each class period and also printed his schedule. He liked it and has helped him to move around.

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From: riveryak2003 <riveryak2003@...> Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 3:53:58 PMSubject: ( ) Need help finding a good planner for school

Hi,I'm looking for a planner for my son. He is going into a new school and 6th grade. Since it's all new, I'm assuming he will be more disorganized to start out. I would like to get him a really good planner for school. Any ideas, any that would for your children? His old school gave them out, this one does notBobbie in NJ

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I don't have a particular one in mind, since the one I liked has apparently gone

out of business.

http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2008/07/whats-up-hello-friend-student-\

planner.html

But I would say look for one that has a place to check off when assignments have

been completed, and look for one that has extra space to plan projects out,

usually on a side bar or below or both. Those are the two extras that many

elementary/middle school planners don't have that are needed. You don't want to

sacrifice plenty of writing space for assignments either--and make sure there

are enough rows for all their classes.

Some things that were important for my middle-school Aspergerite was having a

binder big enough to hold 3-hole punched folders for each class. I gave my son

double folders for each class (color-coded, as much for the teachers as for him)

since he didn't like using the rings. He has DCD; may not be a problem if your

son does not. He insisted on keeping everything in one big binder, so I had to

experiment to find as durable of folders as possible--some are thicker and more

durable than others of course. I also had to be ready with replacement folders

and binders.