LMD Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Do you get your kids to draw margins in? Do you buy pre-margin-ruled paper? Do you have a preferred margin style? I remember being taught The Correct Way to draw a margin at school. I forget how to do it now - it was more than just a plain straight line. So far I haven't felt the need to make my kids do them, but I am wondering if it will inspire some more neatness, or if it's one of those things I 'should' show them. Very serious question, I know! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 (edited) Do you mean something like this link? https://www.printablepaper.net/category/lined We buy pre-margined college ruled paper during back to school sales. ETA: This was what I had to do as a primary school student http://www.wittonpark.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mathsbook2.jpg Edited July 15, 2017 by Arcadia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 yes, that's what I mean. I remember having to do something with red and blue and double lines... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Most of our paper comes without margins. If it doesn't have margins, I have the kids draw them in. I don't make it complicated, they just do one ruler width. For math, depending on the problem type, I will occasionally have them fold the paper from outside edge to margin to create two equal sized columns to do work in. They also draw a top margin, one ruler wide, and write down full name, date, page number of assignment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 You mean to actually, physically *draw* margins?? I have never done that. I never did that in school. o_0 ruled notebook paper usually comes with margins on them; when writing on unlined paper, we just learned to leave margins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fralala Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 You mean to actually, physically *draw* margins?? I have never done that. I never did that in school. o_0 ruled notebook paper usually comes with margins on them; when writing on unlined paper, we just learned to leave margins. Maybe drawing margins isn't a common thing in the U.S.A.? I never did it, either, but the link above seems reasonable as a way of keeping things lined up on graph paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Yell Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 No preferred margin style. Never had to actually draw them in paper, but I vaguely remember being given direction on what size margin to have on handwritten or typewriter-typed pages. I did make up my own "work pages" for math from Saxon 4/5 through pre-algebra, but that was because one child could cram 30 problems legibly on one side of paper, and another's was a bit of a random treasure hunt, it just made it easier for me to check their work. It was based in graph paper, and I made copies of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 Hehehe, thanks everyone for your thoughts! It is pretty fluffy, but I can't help looking at their un-margin-ruled pages and thinking that it would just look neater! They don't tend to naturally leave a margin. Now, I just need to find the rulers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutterfish Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 We had to learn to do it at school (UK). I thought it was a pointless exercise and couldn't understand why we needed instruction - I mean, how hard can it be? That is, until my kids finally needed to draw margins and underline headings, and I found out they couldn't do it - lots of wobbly lines and silhouettes of thumbs, lol! So, although, I prefer to buy lined paper that already has margins, I have occasionally got my kids to draw margins in, just for some straight line ruler practice. I do think margins make work a little tidier and give a space for question numbers, or adding annotations after a piece is written. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 (edited) apparently it's college ruled styles that I learned. like this one, except I think we used black at the top instead of green... https://au.pinterest.com/pin/332844228685936641/ Edited July 16, 2017 by LMD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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