1. Your Key to Success in Social Studies
Interactive 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 crate. . .
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.
You will receive participation grades for completing all required I.N. entries.
You will receive two formal grades on your I.N. per week based on accuracy and neatness. The grades will be based on entries of my choosing.

7. 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.

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

9. Advertisements

10. Illustrated Outlines

11. Sensory Figures, cont.

12. Concept Map

13. Acrostics

14. Comic Strips

15. Venn Diagram

16. More examples of assignments
Notes
Study Guides
Vocabulary

17. Student Supplied Materials for your I.N.
1,3 or 5 subject spiral notebook
Colored pencils
Teacher Supplied Materials
Tape
Scissors

18. 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 Social Studies. (No other classes!!)
Number each page