Interactive Notebooks (INBs) help students learn to be organized, makes focused note taking an easy task, cuts down on grading duties of the teacher, and provides a self-made textbook of content. Setup: INBs can be set up in many different ways depending on the level they are being used with. I make mine from card stock covers and regular lined paper stapled together with a heavy-duty stapler with about 20 pages of notebook paper inside. Students start a new INB quarterly which gives them a fresh start, and they don’t get too beat up that way. At the beginning of the year I teach about INBs by using the following anchor charts: Table of Contents (page 1-2) is updated daily and posted on an anchor chart in the classroom
Headings are written at the top of each page and are written in the table of contents. Page numbers are followed strictly and every student does things on the exact same page. If a student runs out of room on a page but still should be working there I give them a large post-it to stick over top. Use: Students use their INB every day, even if it is just for a bell ringer. They leave their INB in the classroom unless they need to take it home to catch up or study. On the left-hand side of their open notebook, they put things like bell ringers and assignments. On the right-hand side (forward facing pages) they complete Cornell notes, vocabulary, and other foldables. Grading: Graded quarterly using this rubric and progress is checked every 2 weeks using this INB Pop Quiz Questions: [email protected] or view pictures of completed INB pages on my 6th grade science page.
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