Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Closing the NOTEBOOK/JOURNAL..... and GIVEAWAY Reminder :)

Don't you hate those ginormous journals that have stuff just pouring outta them and every paper starts to get folded and tattered because the journal won't shut???  Well, I have a solution.... and sound like I am on an infomercial!!

I have had some questions in the past about closing the journals.  I wrote about it, but pictures make it so much easier to understand:)   You will need:
                                     

You can also buy them at Walmart. I bought this bag at Walmart for a little over $5.00, used 80 of them and we hardly put a dent in this bad boy.

Also needed: Handy-dandy hole punch.  You can see how enormous the rubber bands are here. 
Step 1:  Punch hole in the back top outside corner.  I didn't do it on the bottom so kids would be less tempted to play with it.
Step 2:  Put the rubber band through the hole like this:
Step 3:  Take the large loop and go through the small loop like this:
Step 4: Pull the longer loop tight:
TA-DA!!!!!




Now you can close that journal that is overflowing with knowledge and foldables!!!!!


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7 comments:

  1. That's a great idea - I'm planning on doing foldables with our math journals this year, so I'll need to remember this trick.

    Jen
    Runde's Room

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  2. Leslie, I just found your blog and I'm loving looking through all your old posts! I teach first grade and have for many many years, but I secretly think I want to teach the older kids, 5th or 6th. It looks so fun!

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  3. Love the idea. I will be trying it with my kids' notebooks. They quickly become 3" thick monsters. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Awesome!Sharing this on my blog and definitely using it in my classroom! Thanks!

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  5. That's freaking genius! Thanks for the tip! We also put a ribbon bookmark. Some fabric glue on the back cover and ta-da!

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  6. Hope you don't mind - I mentioned and linked to this post on my blog.
    http://4in4th.blogspot.com/

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