Foldables

= Foldables =

==== I love, love, love foldables. Students can put their notes into foldables to help with organizing and quantifying information. Vocabulary can be incorporated into a foldable. Foldables can even be used for assessments. Here are some of the keys that helped me: ====
 * keep it simple to start--if it's too complicated, you may have trouble getting the class to follow with you
 * mix it up--don't get hooked on one kind of foldable and use it only. The kids will get bored and so will you. I have a rule of not using something I really like more than three times in one year.
 * you may want to pre-fold or prepare some of your foldables ahead of time to allow students plenty of time for their work. I usually do this with trifolds because I don't have the time or resources to re-do them until the class can fold them to the perfection they want. I also have tabbed book templates that I use so that kids don't spend valuable class time measuring--they simply put in the required information.
 * be sure to model what you want. I like to make one ahead of time. I will also fold one along with the class and I will have instructions on the board, projector, or in the assignment instructions.
 * many graphic organizers can be converted into foldables