INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS HOW TO

You might consider storing your students' interactive notebooks in baskets (organized by student groups) and the papers needed for the interactive notebooks each day stored in a paper bin near the IN. Teach students how you want them to gather their notebook and materials each time you need them. Here are some routines and procedures you'll want to cover:ĭesignate an area in your room where the interactive notebooks and needed materials (printables, glue, scissors, crayons.etc) will be kept in your classroom. You May Also Like to Read: SETTING UP CLASSROOM ROUTINES & PROCEDURES Spending ample time at the start of the year (or whenever you begin using interactive notebooks with your students) setting up routines and procedures for using their interactive notebooks.

INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS HOW TO

Take time to teach (and reteach) and practice (and practice some more.) not just the information going into your interactive notebooks, but how to actually use their interactive notebooks.

When I used interactive notebooks for the first time in my classroom, it was chaotic to say the least. SETTING UP ROUTINES AND PROCEDURES For Interactive Notebooks: Planning ahead of time will also help your interactive notebooks to have a stream-lined, cohesive look and will help you plan out a variety of interactive notebooks cutouts and elements. Each page within your interactive notebooks should aim to cover your standards and evaluate your students understanding of those standards. Instead, use the standards and your scope and sequence outlines to planning out the pages of your interactive notebooks for each unit BEFORE you teach that unit. It is not suggested to design the elements of your interactive notebooks as you go through each unit.

START WITH THE STANDARDS & SCOPE AND SEQUENCE:Īs with anything in teaching, we must start with the standards and the scope and sequence/curriculum map. White glue (I think white glue works better that glue sticks as the adhesive lasts longer)Ĭrayons or colored pencils (not markers - they will bleed through the pages) To set up your interactive notebooks, you will need:

Many teachers use interactive notebooks for all subjects, while some use it for only one or two subjects.Īnd - although Pinterest may make you think otherwise - the elements that your students glue in to their notebook do NOT need to be fancy, overly creative, or crazy complicated. The notebooks can take on a variety of looks depending on the age level, abilities, and needs of the students. Students now often glue in notes sheets, foldables, timelines, vocabulary flaps and more into their interactive notebooks. On the left side, students personalized the information given by the teacher in forms of drawings, cartoons, personalized wording of vocabulary, etc.Īs interactive notebooks have trickled their way down into the elementary level, interactive notebooks have evolved and don't always follow the right side/left side rule (although some still do and work great!). Traditionally, interactive notebooks were organized in such a way that the right side of a notebook had information given by the teacher (notes, discussions, handouts, etc.).

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