ISN Organizing Packet

8/9/2019 ISN Organizing Packet

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203 The Interactive Student Notebook

203a The Interactive Student Notebook: Creating Dynamic Repositories of Student Work

Five Steps to Implementation

1. Inspire creativity.

1.1 Supply materials that will spark students' imagination.

1.2 Let students create their own cover and author page.1.3 Add unit title pages that echo the unit theme

2. Give clear guidelines.

2.1 Proactively decide your expectations and communicate them to your students.

2.2 Create a handout for students that explains the purpose of the notebook and your expectations.

3. Organize pages.

3.1 Have students put a title and date on each assignment.

3.2 Teach kids how you want their pages numbered.

3.3 Add a table of contents to help guide students.

3.4 Include lesson material with each unit such as vocabulary and maps.

4. Use previews, graphically organized notes, and processing assignments.

4.1 Hook students with a preview assignment.4.2 Encourage students to record notes for a purpose.

4.3 Finish each lesson using a processing assignment

5. Proactively determine the best way to manage notebooks.

5.1 Consider your first year a "pilot year."

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Interactive S tu den t Noteb ook Guidelines

What is the purpose of the Interactive Notebook?

The purpose of the Interactive Student Notebook is to enable you to be a creative, independent thinker and

writer. Interactive notebooks will be used for class notes as well as for other activities in which you will be

asked to express your own ideas and process the information presented in class.

What materials do I need?

• Spiral notebook-white paper,

college-ruled, at least 100 pages

• Pencil

• Blue and black pens

• Glue stick and scissors

• Colored pens and pencils

• Highlighters

• Zipper pouch

What goes in my notebook?

Everything we do in class. We will use graphically organized visuals to help you take notes, structuring them so

that key ideas are clear and supported by examPles from class activities, discussion, or reading assignments.

Your notebook will also be used for a variety of different activities to preview learning and process new content

to demonstrate understanding. This is where you will record and express all of your well-considered ideas.

How can I earn an A on my notebook?

A student who expects to earn an A- or higher grade on the notebook will be one who keeps a complete, neat

notebook, produces quality work, and has taken the time to consistently extend learning beyond classroom

assignments. You will show this by including "Making Connections" entries, unassigned work that you complete

in addition to our regular class assignments.

What do you mean by "Making Connections"?

For "Making Connections," you place articles, pictures, or cartoons (from magazines, newspapers, or the

Internet) into your notebook, along with a 4--5 sentence summary and reflection on how the materials relate to

our topic of study. Youmight also include original drawings. "Making Connections" entries should sharpen

(rather than clutter)' the visual appearance of your notebook.

How will my notebook be graded?

Notebooks will be graded on thoroughness, quality, organization, and visual appearance. You will know the

value of each major notebook assignment when it is given. About 25 percent of your grade for the course will be

based on the notebook.

An important part of your notebook is its visual appearance. Your notebook should be NEAT! Each entry should

be title and dated. Your artistic talent should be visible throughout the notebook.

Notebooks will be checked periodically for completeness-usually about every 3-4 weeks, except for the first

few weeks of class, when they will be checked more regularly. All class notes and notebook assignments should

be included, even for days you were absent.

What happens if I am absent?If you are absent, it is your responsibility to obtain notebook assignments from a classmate or from the

Interactive Teacher Notebook.

Share this handout with your parent or guardian. When both of you have read this information, please sign

your names below.

Student Signature _ Parent Signature _

168 Bring Learning Alive!



Interactive Student Notebook Procedures

Mr. Well borne

• N otebook: 70-page (or slightly larger) C OLLEGE RULED spiral notebook

• Front Cover: The front cover of your notebook should be com plete ly decorated

w ith appropria te pictures, draw ings, photos, etc. about you and your in terests.

• Cover Page: The 1st page of your notebook w ill include your nam e, class, M r.

W ellborne (1558), and your c lass period neatly in a box in the bottom rightcorner of the page. Create a 3 x 3 x 3 decorated page about this class by

scanning through your textbook: 3 w ords/phrases, 3 sym bols/illustrations, and 3

colors.

• Table of Contents: The Table of Contents w ill begin on the next right side and take

up 4 pages tota l (2 pages front and back). It w ill have three colum ns: two sm all

co lum ns labeled "D ate" and "P age #" an d a larg e co lumn lab eled "A ss ig nmen tTitle."

• Unit T itle Pages: Each unit w ill have a cover page which w ill include the unit

question(s) and a com pleted 3 x 3 x 3 (see cover page).

• Assignm ent Pages: P lease use both the front and back of every page in your

notebook. DO NO T tear pages from the notebook or use back pages as scratch

paper for doodling because you w ill run out of room and have to buy another

notebook!! E very page should have a title that m atches the assignm ent title in the

Tab le o f Con te nts .

• Content: Each lesson w ill have a Preview (to connect content to the student),

Graphically Organized Notes (to organize reading and lecture inform ation), and

a Processing Activity (to assess w hether the student can apply the new m aterial

by using critical th inking skills and multip le in te lligences). U sually, each step in the

lesson takes up one page; if an assignm ent needs m ore than one page, just m ake

sure that you correctly label the page num ber of the next assignm ent.

• Handouts: Handouts should be fo lded so that the title is visible, th en n ea tly

taped into the appropriate page in your notebook. P lease use sm all p ieces of tape!

Grading:1. Approxim ate ly once every 9 w k grading period, notebooks w ill be graded for

a ss ig nment c omp le tio n a nd q ua lity (Major Grade). EVERYASSIGNMENT

in th e n oteb ook is gra de d, in clu din g p revie ws, g rap hically organized notes,

and p ro cess in g ass ig nments .

2. Som e individual assignm ents in the notebook w ill be graded on a daily basis

and are Minor Grades orOther Grades. It is your responsib ility to m ake

sure that you turn in your notebook the day these assignm ents are due.



Notebook Decoration Assignment

Your first MAJOR grade for this semester is to take ownership of the

notebook that you will be using in Mr. Wellborne's class.

1. Buy a 70 page notebook - narrow/college rule only please!!!

2. Decorate the front, outside cover with a collage of pictures and

words that represent you and things that interest you. You mayuse magazines, newspapers, personal photos, and/or original - /artwork. You must have at least 10 different items/pictures, and

the entire front should be covered!

3. Everything on the cover must be school appropriate (you know

what this means). Notebooks that are not appropriate willreceive a zero and you will have to redo the assignment.

4. Once approved, we will laminate your cover for protection.

Notebook Decoration Assignment

Your first MAJOR grade for this semester isto take ownership of thenotebook that you will be using in Mr. Wellborne's class.

1. Buya 70 page notebook - narrow/college rule only please!!!

2. Decorate the front, outside cover with a collage of pictures and

words that represent you and things that interest you. You mayuse magazines, newspapers, personal photos, and/or original

artwork. You must have at least 10 different items/pictures, and

the entire front should be covered!

3. Everything on the cover must be school appropriate (you know

what this means). Notebooks that are not appropriate will

receive a zero and you will have to redo the assignment.

4. Once approved, we will laminate your cover for protection.

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