Decide if you want a notebook or binder before the first week of class. Choose one that fits your style, your schedule, and your usual book bag. Check to make sure you can, in fact, use one big binder for all of your classes. Sometimes teachers collect the notebooks and do checks, so you don't want them to have to hunt for the section that corresponds to their class. Also, if the check takes more than a day, you'll be left without your materials for other classes. There's usually a section in the syllabus that you received at the beginning of the year that details how a given teacher wants you to set up your notebook. Otherwise, follow the steps below.
Throw away or recycle anything that you're not going to need in the next few weeks or newest unit. Toss out any doodles, or old worksheets of no reviewing help to you.
Use your dividers to make a section for each of your classes. If you will need to take notes for a section in your binder, store loose leaf paper at the ends of the sections.
Put a three-ring plastic envelope in your binder to carry other supplies such as pencils, flashcards, and CD's. Put any homework due in the right sections so that they will be easy to find.
Keep your notebook organized by checking each section and throwing away unwanted papers at the end of the school day. Making it a daily routine will mean that it never takes too much time.
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