Is this possible? Question about making MM into workbook

[ktgrok]

So, I know people have make MM into workbook form, having it printed at office max or something. My question is....we are already partway through 5B. Can I have them print just part of it, and make it into a workbook? I really don't want to print the pages we have already done.

 

Also, is there really a benefit? Last year I just printed pages as we needed them. I think only have a few pages was nice for him, but it was awfully messy when it came to the end of the year. I'm thinking a spiral bound workbook would be nice instead.

 

Of course....when he goes to his dad's house it is nice to just send a few pages, rather than a whole workbook...but again, if he has it in workbook form he doesn't really need me to schedule which pages, he can know to do the next ones, lol.

 

Any thoughts? And any ideas of the cost?

[ChrissySC]

I don't do the entire book for that grade. I bind each chapter. I insert the pdf cover page into Word. I add a title - Division - for the chapter, and I print. I use cardstock for the front and back. I do print one-sided too. I do this so that the back of one page can be used for extra scratch work or for more space to work the problem.

 

I print on draft and black only except for the cover. You could use color, but I am stingy. LOL

 

Just an idea ...

[ktgrok]

I don't do the entire book for that grade. I bind each chapter. I insert the pdf cover page into Word. I add a title - Division - for the chapter, and I print. I use cardstock for the front and back. I do print one-sided too. I do this so that the back of one page can be used for extra scratch work or for more space to work the problem.

 

I print on draft and black only except for the cover. You could use color, but I am stingy. LOL

 

Just an idea ...

 

Do you bind it yourself, or take it somewhere to be bound?

[ktgrok]

Ok, so I could print the pages at home, as we have a laser printer we were given from dh's work, so printing is cheap. Then I could have it bound however I wanted to. How much does the comb binding cost?

[EKS]

You can print whatever you want to and have them make it into a workbook. You can also take all your completed pages and have them make that into a book (but they will warn you that if they mess up, that's it).

 

My younger son hates writing in workbooks, so I always try to get the pdf version of them or do the reverse of what you're considering by having the binding cut off. I have a file folder in one of those vertical holder thingies next to his desk and I put the pages for the week (or other logical increment) in there.

[ChrissySC]

Do you bind it yourself, or take it somewhere to be bound?

 

 

I bought a cheap 14.95 comb binder from an online store - Lakeside, I think. I had intended to make event books/brag books for scrapbooking, but I have found other uses. :D

[wapiti]

I just print them as we need them (about a week at a time), and put them into a three-ring binder when they're done - cheap with maximum flexibility.

 

Plus, dd prefers to write on a piece of paper on the counter rather than in a workbook - this is especially nice if there's measuring or geometry involved.

[ktgrok]

I just print them as we need them (about a week at a time), and put them into a three-ring binder when they're done - cheap with maximum flexibility.

 

Plus, dd prefers to write on a piece of paper on the counter rather than in a workbook - this is especially nice if there's measuring or geometry involved.

 

That's what we did last year, but he indicated he might like workbooks this year.

 

I printed off just one chapter, and made a cover page for it, complete with a graphic I found of a mammoth, lol. We will try it for one chapter and see how it goes.

 

However, after searching the boards I'm definitely going to find out how much it would cost to have my SOTW AG rebound in spiral format!!! I hate how hard it is to open that thing!

[wapiti]

I had books spiral bound at Office Max (or was it depot - can't remember) for a few dollars each. So, I suppose you could print it off and take it there? That might really add up though if you do it for every chapter. (Or maybe you could get one of those spiral binding machines? I think comb binding might be cheaper)

 

LOL about the mammoth - I printed out the front cover for the binder cover and then used part of that graphic with the words math mammoth for the spine :)

[Xuzi]

I print off our chapters, hole-punch them, and put them into those cheap 15cent 3-prong folders. I like it because it keeps it all together, DD likes it because our kitchen table has a tile top, so she doesn't get those annoying sudden dips when her pencil hits one of the grooves between the tiles, and she can also use the back of the previous page for scratch paper (she still writes her numbers fairly big, so the little boxes for each individual math problem often don't allow her enough room to work out a problem.)

[ChrissySC]

I print off our chapters, hole-punch them, and put them into those cheap 15cent 3-prong folders. I like it because it keeps it all together, DD likes it because our kitchen table has a tile top, so she doesn't get those annoying sudden dips when her pencil hits one of the grooves between the tiles, and she can also use the back of the previous page for scratch paper (she still writes her numbers fairly big, so the little boxes for each individual math problem often don't allow her enough room to work out a problem.)

 

 

I like this idea. There would be a lot less trouble, easier to replace and add extra work too. TY for sharing this.