Interactive Notebook IAN Setting up your notebook adapted

Interactive Notebook (IAN) Setting up your notebook **adapted from Ann Marie Dubick

Page 1 o Write your full name across the top o Write 5 things about yourself o Examples: Favorite class, type of music you listen to, how many brothers and sisters you have o Use 4 different colors of colored pencils o Inside cover great place for behavior plan, class rules, safety rules, ect.

Page 2 “The Left Side” What goes on the left side? Write “Output” at the top of the page –Use color to list the examples Left provided. Side o Write these examples on this left hand side page: Brainstorming Concept Maps Quick writes Graphic organizers Data and graphs you create n Homework n Classwork activities n Anything you create: the ideas and information that comes from your brain! n n n

Page 3 o “The Right Side” What goes on the right side? n Write “Input” at the top of this page –Use blue or black ink and write the examples given! Highlight them when you have finished writing o Write these examples on this page n Notes n Vocabulary words and meanings n Lab or activity instructions Right n Handouts side n The information that is given to you by an instructor or others.

Last Page…the VERY last page o Turn to the back of you notebook label the very last page “Warm Ups. ” o This is where all your warm-ups will be. They are written one after the other (do not start a new page for each. ) o On the first page – which will actually be the last page of your IAN -- write “Week One Warm-ups” in the heading area (the large space on top of the page) o Write today’s date under the heading