Year after year I always hear the same frustrations from parents… “My son didn’t bring his homework home.” “My daughter didn’t bring her tests home to be signed.” I, too, was becoming frustrated because homework was being forgotten at home way too many times. I was fielding phone calls from parents asking me to pack their children’s school bag at the end of each day and being at the brunt of their disbelief when I politely refused their request to do so.
I wanted to do something to help my students become more responsible when packing up their bags to go home at the end of the school day. I also wanted to take it a step further to help them be more responsible when they are at home, too. I wanted to make some sort of checklist to help my students but I was scared that it would wind up crumpled at the bottom of their schoolbags or just placed inside a binder to be forgotten about within a week.
I then got the idea to make a type of luggage tag that my students could clip to their backpacks. They would always be able to see it and would constantly have a visual reminder of what they needed to have in their school bags at all times. I added some fantastic clip art and VOILA! The Reminder Bag Tag was born!
Making the Reminder Bag Tags is super simple! Just use my fully editable template (you will need PowerPoint to edit this document), type in what your reminders are for your students, print out both sides, cut each side out, glue them together, and laminate. To finish it up, just add a hole punch to the top of the tag and attach a ring lock to it. It’s as easy as that!
This is the front side of the Reminder Bag Tag that students use when they are heading home for the evening/ weekend. The arrow pointing to the house ensures that the students are putting the right things into their school bags before heading home.
And here is the other side of the Reminder Bag Tag. Both students and parents can use this handy reminder when packing up to go back to school! The arrow pointing to the school is the perfect visual reminder for everything that needs to come to school the next morning!
I am very happy with how these Reminder Bag Tags are holding up and being used by my students! I haven’t had 1 complaint yet this year from parents about things being left at school! It’s been such a relief!
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Have a great day!
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