1. Notebook Procedures
Mrs. Trader
Science 8
Science

2. Notebooks Your notebook should be CLEAN, NEAT, ORGANIZED, and COLORFUL
I will store your notebook in a bin in my room. Please store them neatly- one in front of the other so you can find yours…NOT thrown in piles one on top of the other!

3. Blue Bin Notebook Stack Up
Right Way… Wrong Way…
Name & Period
Name & Period
Name & Period
Name & Period
Name & Period
Name & Period
Name & Period
Name & Period
Name & Period

4. Composition Notebook Set Up
Borrow a Sharpie to fill out the front cover
On the cover write…
Your First & Last Name and Period #__
Semester 1, Sem 2, or S2
Trader/Sci 8
On the binding (top, side, and bottom) write…(trust me – it makes it easier to find!)
Your First and Last Name
Period #__

5. Notebook Set Up
Front Cover= First & Last Name, Period, Trader, Science, & Semester 1
First & Last Name and Period on each binding
1st Page= Intro Page…create a page about yourself &/or about what you learned in Science class last You may use pictures, collage, etc. WOW Factor is a must seeing as this page is a first impression of you!

6. Notebook Set Up
2nd page REFLECTION (on last year) and GOALS for First Semester

7. Adult Input Page
Back Cover glastaple the Adult Input Page

8. Notebook Set Up Staple Table of contents on inside front cover
Staple Table of contents page for 4th section

9. Notes Sections 1 &2
Now Number sections 1 and 2 on the UPPER RIGHT HAND PAGES ONLY!

10. Warm-Up Questions Warm Up Questions Date Question & Answer 1 9/3
Section 3: Warm – Up Questions.
Title this page Warm – Up Questions
Write the question and the answer in complete sentences.
Warm Up Questions
Date
Question & Answer 1
9/3
What is Mrs. Trader’s dog’s name?
Answer: Her dog’s name is Brutus 2
9/4

11. Lab Reports At the top of the page title it “LAB REPORTS”.
The first 2 pages are Table of Contents for lab reports. Label the second line with page #, date and title. (see below)
Page #
Date
Title 1 2 3

12. Section 5: Vocabulary
Label each right hand corner page with consecutive letters of the alphabet from A-Z.
After you label the pages from A-Z, look in your science text books for the definitions of “inference” and observation and add these terms to your notebook now.

13. “GLASTAPLE”
Glue, staple, or tape any pages that need to go in your notebook!
Make sure it is neat and you are able to read both sides of pages that are 2-sided
You may want to cut out pages so that they fit!

14. Fire Drill Flow Map p.6 Let’s see if you can follow directions…
Go to p. 6 in your notes
Title it Fire Drill Flow Map
Create a Flow Map of what to do when the fire alarm goes off…try to think of everything!
(Remember – a flow map is a timeline of events!
Fire Alarm
goes off!