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Planners-love them!
By agable413

Our intermediate grades use planners. We keep them in our students TEAM binders (many people know these as MOOSE or BEE Books). Students are requried to get their planners signed on a nightly basis but they never leave
their binder. (They receive an effort grade at the end of each quarter for getting the planner signed and keeping the notebook clean and neat) Each day I write a number code on the day's signature line to let parents know how their child did for the day. Parents are aware of the code and look for my response. It's a good way to keep parents informed about how their child is doing. I

didn't have any trouble getting parents to sign the planner throughout the year...it was an excellent communication tool for them as well...if they needed anything from me, they wrote directly in the planner.

As for spelling, our students write their spelling words on two index cards. They receive their words on Fridays and we test on Thursdays. One index card gets stapled to the agenda page for the week and the other one goes on a binder ring the student keeps in his/her desk. This provides easy access to spelling words...both at home and at school.

Hope this is helpful!