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.