Student Binders

During my long-term sub jobs, one thing I found myself getting frustrated with was trying to find student information and data. When having a conference with a parent, I would normally rummage through tons of folders and files to put together everything I needed. 

I decided that for my classroom, I would have one binder for each student. In this binder, I would have copies of all student information, contact information, health info, and every piece of data that I collect along with work samples. This will make it super easy to prepare for conferences or assessments. 

Here is a picture of the finished product:

(If you would like to download this binder cover, I have it available for free here from my TPT!)

My mom and I went school supply shopping last week (a day that I always DREAMED about as a kid each year). I've been wanting to do student binders for awhile, but just had to talk myself into the investment. Luckily, Walmart had these 1" binders for a little under $2 each. I have 18 in my class this year, but I bought 20 just in case I get new students.

Found more use out of my little label maker :)

My mom also introduced me to these! They are divider tabs. Since I was only planning on using two dividers for each binder, this would allow each divider to line up neatly.

I bought cardstock on sale at Michaels to use for the dividers. It is thicker and more durable so hopefully it holds up well!

I made my labels using my label maker. One divider would be for Student Information and the other for Student Data.

This is what the dividers look like after you attach the tabs to cardstock.

Then I attached the labels, and hole punched the card stock.

 Done! And ready to be filled :)