Bee Books

Bee books are organizational binders for students.  They replace the typical "take home folder" that gets sent home every night and returned the next school day.  These binders include a wealth of resources for families to utilize, and they help keep students, parents, and teachers organized, too!  Many teachers opt to name their organizational binders using an acronym of some sort.  Ours are "BEE" for Bring Everything Everyday.  Although mostly I'd say that it's a short, catchy name that is easy to say when referring to it.  For more information about the concept behind our BEE books, download our explanation page below.  We store our Bee Books on a corner shelf.  The corner shelf was from Wal-Mart, and was found in the hardware section.  Its original design was intended to be used for storing rakes, shovels, brooms, and other garage items.  It works great as a binder holder too!  Students bring in their Bee Book every morning and store them there.  Students generally are trained to take out any notes, homework, money, and their leveled reader.  They then put them on the shelf neatly.  

Free Labels

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Homework
Return to School
Keep at Home
Reading Log
Left at Home
Right Back to School
Money and Notes Pouch
SPANISH  Back to School 1
SPANISH  Keep at Home 1

I’ve done a “Bee Book” for the past three years.  Very successful and popular with the parents and students.  They love them!  I have used 1” binders for two years and ½” binders this year.  The ½” inch binders worked better.  I am going to used 3-pronged folders next year though. I won’t be able to fit as many inserts into the prongs so I’m going to make labels and attach things to the inside and outside flaps and secure with packaging tape. Things that will be taped/secured to the inside/outside of the folders:

Things that will be inserted into the prongs:

The pockets on the folder will still have the hands on them for “R- right back to school” and “L-left at home” for take home papers.  I’m excited about these new changes!  The one reason I’m changing from binders to folders is that I had to personally buy the binders myself and they were expensive as the cheaper ones didn’t last at all, and parents provide 2 vinyl 3-pronged folders already and I’ll just use those! Once I make the “labels” or things that get taped to the inside/outside of the folder - - I’ll post them on my web site for people to view (I’ll make a sample of the new “Bee Folders”). 

3-Ring Binder Version

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Money/ Notes Pouch Labels:   

ABC Learning Sticker

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Explanation Page   

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Contacts Page 

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ABC's of Kindergarten   

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Star Words   

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Communication b/n Home and School Paper 

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BOOK IT Sheet

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Class Schedule    

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3-Prong Folder Version
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Explanation Page 1
Star Word Cards 1 1
ABC's 1st Grade 1
ABC Chart 1
Star Words 1
Class List Label 1 1
Contacts Label 1 1
Schedule Label 1
ABC Handwriting Label 1 1 web
Numbers Handwriting Label 1 1 web
Homework/Books Pouch 1 1
Right Back to School Folder 1 1
Left at Home Folder

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