Joshua is starting fifth grade (WHOA-when did that happen?) and I really want him to be able to work independently. I don’t want him to have to wait on me and his [non-morning person] brother. I really wanted a simple system using a spiral notebook like Sarah and Pam talk about here to have his plan laid out for him. He prefers to work independently and we have tried for many years to do a curriculum altogether, but my boys just don’t learn the same. Another issue is that Joshua is an early riser, and he is ready to go as soon he is awake. Nikolas likes to sleep in and ease into his day, and I’ll write more about what I’m doing differently with him in another post.
I thought of using the spiral notebook but I really wanted something a little smaller, and also to have a fun design just for Joshua. He would’ve preferred Minecraft but there weren’t many quality images to use. He settled for Mario. Inside his cover I typed in the Doxology, Lord’s Prayer, National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance, these are what we’re working on for memory during the first half of the year. In the copy I am sharing, the back and inside cover are blank so you can use them however you’d like. The inside pages have planner on one side and notes on the opposite. There are 4 different note pages, just the images are different. The planner page has 5 boxes and they can be used for subjects or each day of the week. I will be doing them by subject (as shown in the picture) for Joshua because he prefers to do one subject per day. On the note side, I will have him write new words for vocabulary and spelling, prayers, and gratitude. 
I printed the cover, then the planner pages double sided and cut them in half using this paper cutter. {consultant link} I printed enough for the first semester, so about half the school year. I used my binding machine {affiliate} to put it all together, using an acetate (overhead sheets, if you’re old school like me) sheet for the front cover and cardstock for the back cover.
I created this planner in Microsoft Publisher, and I used images that were public domain (according to Microsoft). Super Mario and all his pals are trademarks of Nintendo. I don’t intend to make money from this planner, I just wanted to share it with people that would like to use it. Please don’t sell it, just use it for your family.
These links will take you to Google so you can download yours.
SUPER MARIO PLANNER COVER
SUPER MARIO PLANNER AND NOTE PAGES
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