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 ….
Interactive
Notebook
WHAT IS AN INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK?
A
personalized textbook
A
working portfolio –all of your notes, essays,
worksheets, clss work, quizzes – in one
convenient spot!
Purpose
T
o be a creative, independent, and reflective thinker
and writer throughout the year.
E
xpress your own ideas and process and/or apply the
information and skills learned in this class.
Left Page Student Responses
Right PageTeacher Input
Right Side
T
he Right side belongs to Miss A.
T
he 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
A
rticles
N
otes, vocabulary terms
G
raphic organizers and think sheets
I
n-class assignments
E
ssays, writing assignments
W
orksheets
Example of right side
Left side
L
eft Side is to record YOUR thinking, reflections, questions,
thoughts, impressions, connections, words, and
wonderings.
T
he Left Side belongs to YOU.
A
ll must pertain to the task on the right side
Ideas for left side
G
raphs, charts, Venn diagrams, research from Internet, draw pictures
M
ake connections between new and old learning
Q
uestions
P
oems, songs
B
rainstorming
S
ketches related to learning
M
nemonic devices
Example of Left side
Example of left side
Example of left side
Left side / right side
Student materials
S
piral notebook – you will need a new one each quarter
C
olored pencils, markers, crayons
G
lue stick
S
afe scissors
H
ighlighter
Maintaining ISN
N
o ripped out pages or torn corners
N
o doodling that doesn’t relate to learning
D
ate, title, and number EACH page
YOU WILL NEED
a new notebook
each quarter
Deductions
1. If you forget to bring youir notebook when a check is
announced, you may bring I the very next calendar
day. However, a letter grade will be deducted from
your notebook score for that check.
2. Any right 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?
N
ormal class time is given to work on the right side assignments and
sometimes this includes enough time to work on a left side. The
expectation is that you will revisit the right side that evening, review
the material by completing a left side activity of your own choosing.
O
nce 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
T
he notebook should have been set up following the directions given
by Miss A. in class.
T
he table of contents must be updated regularly and will be checked
during each notebook check.
A
ny 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
Cover
U
se 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.
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