Hugs has been using a 3-ring binder to organize his daily paperwork since 1st grade.  It was hard to rip up some of his cute little workbooks (like the Explode the Code books, spelling and math workbooks), but it has made life so much easier.  He has pocket dividers labeled with the days of the week.  Each divider has two pockets:   in the front-facing pocket, are his pages he needs to complete;  on the back-facing folder are his completed pages.  This has worked fabulously for us over the years. 

     I'm not changing much for this year, though I am adding a reading log page I found somewhere on the web (I honestly can't remember where I downloaded it from).  I've asked him to write down library books he reads in his free time.  I've also put a copy of his signed 3rd grade learning contract. 

     I am excited because I just spend (way too much time) making a colorful cover insert for his binder:

     I know Hugs'll love it because it has da Vinci on it (Hugs loves da Vinci's inventive side), exploring and chemistry on it.   I found the pictures at photobucket, mostly, downloaded them to my computer, and used an old photoediting software program that came with our computer way-back-when (Microsoft's Picture It!).