The best thing happened today! A student was having trouble with a particular rhythmic concept and I realized I had a worksheet that would help reinforce at home what we had just been working on at her lesson. Now, a week ago, I would have had to rummage through several folders full of worksheets to find the appropriate one, only to find that I had given out the last one and would have to try to track it down on-line again and print off a new one. Of course, this would have to wait until the following week, since I couldn’t use valuable lesson time to do this, providing that I remembered to do it at all before said student arrived the following week for her lesson. Sound familiar?
Well, no more! Last weekend I decided I absolutely had to figure out a better system for keeping all those great worksheets organized. So, this is what I came up with:
I labeled each binder with a different category: rhythm, note identification, intervals, scales-keys-chords, musical terms and symbols-puzzles and riddles, composers-instruments, listening, general, blank staff paper – nine in all.
I placed master prints of each worksheet in a sheet protector and then placed them in the corresponding binder. Any additional copies of worksheets were 3-hole punched and placed directly following the master sheet.
So, today, I grabbed the “rhythm” binder off the shelf, flipped to the appropriate worksheet, pulled out a copy of it and sent it home with my student. Isn’t organization wonderful?!
I love it.
What does it look like inside?
The inside is basically just an assortment of worksheets – ones that I’ve made, or free ones I’ve downloaded from the Internet. I place a master print in a clear sheet protector and then additional copies following each master.
Fantastic!! Thank you so much for sharing! I am going to make these binders right away. Incredibly helpful!!
Thank you for the suggestion. I used your suggestion in storing worksheets. I placed the master copy in the sheet protector, and I placed a photocopy of the same worksheet,which is the answer key, on the other side or on a seperate sheet protector.
Thanks for the idea. This is what I need to do. I currently have dozens of worksheets in folders with no order.