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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone mentioned hand holding for first few weeks. Actually you may likely need to do that for first few years as we did to help with organization and to give tips and to make sure assignments were started and completed in timely manner. It has paid off and he has needed less and less hand holding since then. Also the CJ is used for communication between teacher and parent so it is important to check daily so you could see if there is any missing homework, tardies, etc. Grades for tests and quizzes are also placed in the CJ.[/quote]

My child's CJ is already in terrible shape.  Several pages have fallen out.  Is there a anyway we can get another CJ?  I realize it is going to cost but I do not see this CJ making it past September.[/quote]

The way to prevent the pages from ripping is to use 4 mini binder clips near the outside corners of each page of the current week. This way your kid does not have to keeping flipping through the pages to find the right day for each class since the pages are clipped for them. It worked for my kid the past several years and before that the pages used to rip.[/quote]

Thanks!  Great Advice!!  It was driving me nuts how badly beaten up the cj was becoming after only 1.5 weeks into school.[/quote]

Our kid also places his CJ in a floppy one inch binder, which has helped immensely with protecting it, and makes it easier to find. If you really want, you could probably just take out the spirals altogether, reinforce the pages and put it in the floppy binder as well. We also have a five-start heavy duty plastic folder clipped in  next to the CJ on the floppy binder where he puts incoming and outgoing homework. Everything else goes in the accordion folder, as do hw assignments after they're handed back. The folder also lets him know what is coming up, what he still needs to do, and what he needs to hand in that day, if the right side isn't empty at the end of the day, it means he didn't turn something in. It s a simple and easy way our dislrganized DC has survived and done well at basis [/quote]

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