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Instructions for Assembling the Layered Booklet used in the Middle School High Five Program

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Printable version of the instructions

Have You Heard of Dinah Zike?

I first learned about layered booklets through Dinah Zike whose name is synonymous with foldables: hot dog, hamburger, and burrito folds. Be sure to visit her web site for some wonderful resources on her various paper-folding projects.

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Making a Layered Booklet

Click here for a step-by-step visual of how to put the final booklet together. This example uses only two sheets of paper; however, you can layer as many pages as you want based on the information you are trying to organize.

High Five Layered Booklet for Teachers

The High Five layered book is difficult to explain since it is somewhat complicated to reproduce. It consists of three blackline masters with images on both sides. I used a different color paper for each sheet. After it is Xeroxed, you have to layer the pages in the right order, fold just right, and use a long arm stapler to staple. I could not figure out a way to get my layout program to print outside the margins, so my originals do not have the flap labels on them. You will have to type these labels up separately and glue them down before Xeroxing. The final booklet looks really good in three different colors but don't be surprised that two of the middle pages are the same color when folded. No way to avoid that - just happens mathematically.

When you print out this PDF file, it will shoot out all six pages at once. (They are not numbered…) Xerox p. 1 and p. 2 front/back. Xerox p. 3 and 4 front/back. Xerox p. 5 and 6 front/back.

You will also need to fill in your own examples on the KIM sheet since it requires hand drawings. Below are the content examples that I used in the original layered booklet, but I can see these could easily be improved upon.

Language Arts vex to irritate, annoy, upset (drawing of a head looking confused) All that homework last night vexed me. Math equilateral triangle w/ 3 equal sides & 3 equal angles (drawing of an equilateral triangle with congruent sides) The equilateral triangle as 60 degree angles.

Science igneous fire rocks formed below or above ground (drawing of a magma chamber coming out of a volcano) Granite rock is igneous. It is formed below ground. Social Studies latitude imaginary east/west lines (drawing of a ladder) Anchorage is 61 degrees north latitude.