Identify the skill area and write it on the tab of the folder. Lists of skills can be found in teachers' manuals, materials published by professional organizations, curriculum guides, and methods textbooks.

Skills deal with learning how to do something. Usually they are written as complete sentences or in phrases.

Concepts related to the skill can also be written on the folder.

Inside the folder there can be teaching ideas, illustrations, copies of old worksheets, clippings relating to the topic, or other material which can be used to write or illustrate curriculum materials.