msp2 interactive notebooks
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Interactive NotebooksTodd Williamson
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What are Interactive Notebooks?
• A method for organizing student work
• Help generate creative understanding of classroom topics
• Allow for student choice
• Allow students to make connections
• Help maintain a portfolio of yearly work
• A student-created textbook personalized to learning styles
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The Basics
• Notebook activities are completed on a two page spread
• One side is teacher material, the other side is student processing
• Students are given a list of processing activities to start the year
• Self-selected processing
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Two Major Styles
Hook, Line, Sinker
• Dedicated section for introductory activities (Hooks)
• Full pages for teacher notes/handouts (Lines) and student work (Sinkers)
In, Through, Out
• Introduction and processing occur on the same page
• Teacher work on the Through Page
• Allows comparison of thinking before/after lesson
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In, Through, Out Example
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What You’ll Need
• Notebook – can be a binder or a 3 to 5 subject notebook
• Colored Pencils – markers bleed through
• Glue – handouts are glued in so they can’t “fall out”, glue sticks or bottles
• Highlighters – to encourage review of notes
• Activities List
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Common Activities (Right Side)
• Teacher/Book Notes…bullet, Cornell, concept map, etc
• Title Pages
• Pre-reading activities
• Articles for summarization/extension
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Sinker Activities
• These are the typical activities you would use throughout the year
• Rather than being assigned a particular activity, students select from a list of 20 to 30
• Early on, assigning can help build a collection of examples
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Sinker Activities
• Comic Strips/Illustrated Timelines
• Current Event summaries
• Illustrations
• Mnemonic Devices
• Haiku
• Song Lyrics
• Advertisements/Magazine Covers
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Sinker Activities
• Hero/Wanted Posters
• Sensory Figures
• Concept Maps
• Charts/Graphs
• Lab Write-ups
• Verbal, Visual, Vocabulary
• Section Review Questions
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Challenges
• Set-up – overcome with time and planning
• Choice – students often don’t know how to choose “right” activity
• Absent students – easiest challenge
• New Students…second biggest challenge
• Grading – biggest challenge
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Missing Work?
• Triads – Thanks to Theresa Hinkle
• Two partners in case someone is absent
• Absent Student Forms
• Responsible for their absent partners…handouts, class notes upon return, Hooks, etc
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Grading
• 100 notebooks are a challenge to grade
• Collected by homeroom (smaller groups)
• Dedicated approx. 7 days just to grading
• Feedback comments were personalized and time-consuming
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Grading
• Lots of Rubrics out there
• Many are not standards-based
• TOC, Color, Organization, Completion…are these things in your state Standards? Should they be graded?
• Open-notebook test, use the notebook as a “toolbox”
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Additional Resources
• http://www.sharetabs.com/?ians
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Contact Me
• Twitter: @twilliamson15
• Or through my page at either MSP2 or LearnCentral.org
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