1. Your Key to Success in Science
Interactive Notebook
Your Key to Success
in Science

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 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, classwork, quizzes – in one convenient spot. DO NOT lose it or come to class without it!

5. Colors help the brain remember!
Use at least 4 colors when completing an assignment that requires color.
You may also want to use different colored pencils for important words or facts BUT………………………………….
NO NO NO NO NO markers or gel pens!

6. GRADING
Your I.N. will be collected periodically and graded for a classwork grade!

7. GRADING
You will have the opportunity to earn 5 extra credit points on each I.N. by teaching your parents about what you’re learning in class!

8. ABSENT?
If you are absent or missing something from your notebook, it is your responsibility to go to the absent binder in class, or to the website and print off your missing work.

9. Examples of I.N. Assignments
Warm-Ups
Webs
Diagrams
Poems
Reflections
Comics

10. Advertisements

11. Illustrated Outlines

12. Sensory Figures, cont.

13. Concept Map

14. Acrostics

15. Comic Strips

16. Venn Diagram

17. More examples of assignments
Notes
Study Guides
Vocabulary

18. Student Supplied Materials for your I.N.
Composition Book
Glue Sticks
Colored pencils

19. Maintaining the Interactive Notebook
No ripped out pages or torn corners
No doodling that doesn’t relate to notes
Notebook should only be used in Science. (No other classes!!)
Number each page