INTERACTIVE STUDENT
NOTEBOOKS
Your key to success in Miss A.’s Class
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGT….
I can’t find my….notes, homework, etc…
I can’t remember what we did in class yesterday…
I’m sure it’s in ….mom’s car, my back pack…
I was absent yesterday, what did I miss….
GET IT TOGETHER WITH YOUR….
InteractiveStudent
Notebook
WHAT IS AN INTERACTIVE STUDENT
NOTEBOOK?
A personalized textbookA working portfolio –all of your notes,
essays, worksheets, class work, quizzes – in one convenient spot!
PURPOSE
To be a creative, independent, and reflective thinker and writer throughout the year.
To express your own ideas and process and/or apply the information and skills learned in this class.
Left PageStudent Responses
Right PageTeacher Input
LEFT SIDE / RIGHT SIDE Teacher
InputStudent
Response
RIGHT SIDE The RIGHT side belongs to Miss A. The RIGHT side has all “testable” information
• Date• Title and unit pages• Vocabulary• Class, reading, and discussion notes• Worksheets• table of contents• Study guides• Quizzes• Targets• Other relevant information
RIGHT SIDE
1.Should be completely done. 2.Title, date, page numbers on each page.3.All assignments should be in chronological order.4.All RIGHT side assignments must be done only on RIGHT sides unless otherwise instructed by Miss A.
5.Each RIGHT side assignment receives a grade.6.Any missing part (date, title. incomplete, etc…) will cause points to be deducted.
EXAMPLES OF RIGHT SIDE
ASSIGNMENTS
Articles
Notes, vocabulary terms
Graphic organizers and think sheets
In-class assignments
Essays, writing assignments
Handouts
EXAMPLE OF RIGHT SIDE
NOTES
LEFT SIDE
LEFT side is to record YOUR thinking, reflections, questions, thoughts, impressions, connections, words, and wonderings.
The LEFT side belongs to YOU.
All must pertain to the task on the RIGHT side.
IDEAS FOR LEFT SIDE
Graphs, charts, Venn diagrams, research from Internet, draw pictures
Make connections between new and old learning
Questions
Poems, songs
Brainstorming
Sketches related to learning
Mnemonic devices
EXAMPLE OF LEFT SIDE
Brain Map
EXAMPLE OF LEFT SIDE
Chart
EXAMPLE OF LEFT SIDE
Worksheet
STUDENT MATERIALS
Spiral notebook – you will need a new one each quarter
Colored pencils, markers, crayons
Glue stick
Safe scissors
Highlighter
MAINTAINING ISN
No ripped out pages or torn corners
No doodling that doesn’t relate to learning
Date, title, and number EACH page
YOU WILL NEED
a new notebook each
quarter
DEDUCTIONS
1.If you forget to bring your notebook when a check is announced, you may bring it in the very next calendar day. However, a letter grade will be deducted from your notebook score for that check.
2.Any left side assignment that is found out of chronological order will be reduced 10% in the overall score of your notebook evaluation.
3.ALWAYS HAVE YOUR NOTEBOOK!
GRADING OF ISN
Each time a notebook is evaluated it is weighted as a test grade.
Notebook checks are unannounced and can occur at any random time during the school year.
HOW LONG SHOULD IT TAKE?
Normal class time is given to work on RIGHT side assignments and sometimes includes enough time to work on a LEFT side. You are expected to revisit the RIGHT side that evening and review the material by completing a LEFT side activity of your own choosing.
Once you have a good understanding of the kinds of LEFT side activities that can be done, it should take you about 15 minutes to complete a LEFT side.
INITIAL SET UP
The notebook should have been set up following the directions given by Miss A. in class.
The Table of Contents must be updated regularly and will be checked during each notebook check.
Any missing or incomplete part of these directions will cause a deduction in the overall evaluation grade each time the notebook is evaluated.
Inside Cover
Glue ISN format handout to this cover
Author’s Page
Decorate this page
Table of Contents Assignment Date
Keep track of each assignment we do…
COVER
Use photos, clippings, markers, glue, paper, and scissors, etc., to decorate the cover of your Interactive Student Notebook as if it were the cover to the book that tells the story of YOUR life thus far.