1. Interactive Student Notebook
Your Key to Success
in Social Studies

2. Have you ever heard yourself say . . .
I can't find my . . .
notes, homework, old quizzes . . .
I can't remember what
we did in class yesterday.
I'm sure its in . . .
my locker . . .
my book bag . . .
my room . . .
I was absent last week, did I miss anything?

3. Get it together with your
Interactive
Notebook

4. What is an Interactive Notebook?
A personalized textbook
A working portfolio – all of your notes, class work, quizzes – in one convenient spot.

5. Purpose
Be a creative, independent and reflective thinker and writer throughout the year.
Express your own ideas and process and or apply the information and skills learned in this class.

6. Student Responses Teacher Information RIGHT PAGE LEFT PAGE Pg #
Date Title
Teacher Information

7. Right Side The Right side belongs to Mrs. Smith
The Right side has all “testable” information
Date
Title at Top
Vocabulary
Class, reading, and discussion notes
Worksheets
Study Guides
Quizzes
Content and Language Objectives
Other relevant information

8. Right Side 1. Should be completely done.
2. Should clearly have both the title of the assignment at the top and the date centered to the right of the title. The page should be numbered in the top right-hand corner.
3. All assignments should be in chronological order by the times they were assigned.
4. All right side assignments should be done only on right sides unless other instructed by Mrs. Jennings
5. Each fully completed and correct right side assignment earns a grade.
Any missing part (date, title, incomplete, etc.) will cause points to be deduced.

9. Examples of Right Side Assignments
Articles
Notes
Graphic Organizers / Thinking Maps
In-class Assignments
Recording Sheets

10. Left Side
Left Side is to record your thinking, reflections, questions, thoughts, impressions, connections, and wonderings.
The Left side belongs to YOU!
Apply skills learned in class
Use graphs, charts, Venn Diagrams, research from internet
Make connections between new and old learning
Questions
Thinking Maps
Poems
Songs
Homework
Classwork
Brainstorming
Sketches related to learning
Other relevant information

11. Examples of Left Side Assignments

12. All of these can be done for the left side of each right side page
All of these can be done for the left side of each right side page. Every individual right side page (even for many pages of the same assignment) must have an accompanying left side activity.

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15. Illustrated Outlines

16. Sensory Figures, cont.

17. Concept Map

18. Acrostics

20. Venn Diagram

21. Student Materials Covered Composition Notebook
Colored pencils/Highlighters
Tape
NO STAPLES

22. Maintaining the Interactive Notebook
No ripped out pages or torn corners
No doodling that doesn’t relate to notes
Date, title and number each page
Everyone’s ISN must MATCH!

23. Deductions for Lateness and Lack of Chronological Order
Notebook checks are random
Will be half credit second day if you don’t have it when asked
NO credit after that

24. Each time the notebook is evaluated it will constitute a test grade
Each time the notebook is evaluated it will constitute a test grade. Notebook checks are unannounced and can occur at any random time during the school year.