Color coded folders

Why should I do it:

Improves organization
Increases on task behavior
Increases work production
Improves homework completion and return
Helps students know what they have to do and have completed
 

When should I do it:

When a student is disorganized, unprepared, frequently missing and losing assignments
When students frequently fail to turn in work
When students are frequently looking through their things for papers, assignments, homework, etc
When students forget what to do or forget to bring homework back
When students have trouble keeping track of their things
 

How do I do it:

Give the student a different colored folder for each subject or have the parent purchase these for the child
Sit down and organize the child’s work into the folders, writing done on one side and to do on the other side
Teach the student what to do with the folders and how to use them
Daily or weekly have the student reorganize their folders if they get messy and disorganized
Have the parents daily check the students folders with them and organize assignments in them