Interactive Notebooks What are Interactive Notebooks A note
Interactive Notebooks
What are Interactive Notebooks? • A note taking process that allows students to record information in a personal and meaningful way. • A way for students use teacher supplied notes to draw whatever illustration makes sense to them. • A way for students to personalize their work.
This Process… • • Takes a bit of patience Requires modeling, modeling Must consistently be reinforced Takes time to learn both for the teacher and for the students to develop their own style
The Payoff… • students organize their work • students learn how to think • students use reading strategies within a content area--science or math– ss--LA • students distinguish between what they know • …. and • …on what they need to focus to learn!
…And Finally • Students make their own meaningful connections • are encouraged, , , pride in student work • use higher level thinking • appeals to multiple intelligences • And the kids love it and learn so much!
In an Interactive Notebook, • Key ideas are underlined in color or highlighted • Arrows are used to show relationships between graphics and notes • Diagrams, sketches, cartoons, charts, graphic organizers, songs, really anything can be included
Interactive Notebooks Allow Students to… • • Record information in an engaging way Rehearse and retell information Discuss and accept other’s ideas Identify main ideas Paraphrase Transform written concepts into visuals Become more independent thinkers
What will be in it? • Class notes, activities, and lab notes • Vocabulary words, math formulas, timelines and anything else
How Do I Get Started? • Identify which subject and unit you want to begin with • Consider the supplies needed • Be ready to use class time and work at home to finish…
What Students Need… • The notebook-loose leaf paper in a three pronged folder, spiral notebook, or composition book • Pencils, regular and colored • Liquid glue or a glue stick • Scissors • Ruler • Teacher supplied notes • Grading expectations
THE NOTEBOOK’S COVER Students’ notebooks should be easily recognizable to each student. My Book
Let’s Begin · Create a title page for the notebook. This includes student’s name and number, and any other information you think is important. Students enjoy illustrating this page. · Number the title page #1. On the back of PAGE #1, number it as PAGE #2. Odd numbers will always on the right side pages, and even numbers will always be on the left. There will be NO blank pages. · Pages are NEVER torn out. Notebooks must be kept neat because students will need them to study for the SOLs in May.
Table of Contents • This is the student’s organizing page. • It can be as detailed as the students want • It is an outline of their notebook and can be filled in as they go or completed at the end of the unit. It is easier to fill in as you go! • Make sure to leave enough room, especially for big units…
Table of Contents Example
Lets Go! • Make a decision how you want to place your notes and be consistent • On one side will be notes and on the other side will be pictures, timelines, memory maps, cartoons, or graphic organizers that may explain students’ notes
Lo. L… here are samples • set of Ocean notes
Cut and Paste ‘cause we are fixing old notes…making IAN notes! • Next, we cut out the notes and paste it on one side of the notebook. • Then we draw an arrow to the other side of the page. Leave enough room for student connections. • Box in your notes.
Marking Up and Boxing In • Block in the text, make a line separating this information from other notes • Underline key concepts and circle words you need to know • Next, draw an arrow to the other side of the notebook and box in • Paraphrase your notes and create your graphics
Graphics/ Student Notes • Students draw pictures of their notes, create charts, diagrams, cartoons-whatever they want. • Teacher must be able to identify what is being explained. • This allows for various learning styles and allows students to be imaginative and creative--experiment!
Sample of Student Notes Ocean Ecosystems Coral Reefs Tide Pools
Sample of Student Notes Ocean Trench Ocean Ridge Estuary
Do you understand it? • All information that is tested should be found in your notebooks • If you miss an item on a quiz, locate that info in the notebooks and mark that page maybe with a sticky post it note…
Studying with Interactive Notebooks • Read the notes. Marking up and highlighting key concepts helps them to focus on main ideas. • Paraphrase … helps process the information. • Study the graphics to create pictures in your minds. • This is a fundamental difference between good and poor readers. • The mind does not store words…all words are translated into pictures.
What Goes in the Back of the Notebook? • handouts and quizzes and any other notes
• • How is the Notebook graded? rubric Conferencing-teacher and peer Collected on close of assignment Notebooks may be collected with or without notice, so…. …students MUST have their notebook everyday.
Notebook Rubric • Notebook grades will be based on: • Thoroughness (Every page must be complete) • Organization / Neatness • Mark ups • Boxing in • Graphics
Remember… • Student work is recorded in an interactive notebook • Students are required to bring the notebook EVERY DAY • Notebooks should be well cared for, so they can last throughout the school YEAR
It’s that simple!!! You can do it! Kids really love this!
Credits… this power point has been modified by Deborah Bova… • Classroom Instruction That Works! based on work by: Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane Pollack • Sharon Miles and Amanda Donnelly • History Alive! www. historyalive. com
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