1. Math Interactive Notebook (MIN)
A Key Element to Success
in Math Class with Ms. Pope
This is a modified PowerPoint of a PowerPoint originally shared by Melinda Gannon and Ms. Sanders.

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. Keep it all together with your
Interactive
Notebook!

4. What is an Interactive Notebook?
A personalized, clear textbook
A working portfolio -- all of your notes, classwork, homework, etc. -- in one convenient spot

5. Left Side – Right Side Orientation
Left side items are items from the teacher and text to be . . .
LEARNABLE CONTENT
Notes, taken in the format directed by Ms. Pope
Handouts
Graphic organizers
Example problems worked out with written “running” commentary
Content to go on a math foldable
Work period input
Word Wall terms
Right side items are the student’s . . .
REFLECTIONS
Guided practice
Graphic organizers
Foldables
Homework assignment
Creative math memory hooks
Acronyms to aid in memory
Math journal entries
Poems, raps, riddles, and math games
Work Period output

6. Left Side Left is for learnable content!
The left side “belongs” to Ms. Pope and the text.
The left side has “testable” information.

7. Examples of Teacher Left Side Content
Notes, taken in the format directed by Ms. Pope
Handouts
Graphic organizers
Example problems worked out with written “running” commentary
Content to go on a math foldable

8. Right Side The right is for “reflection.”
The right side belongs to YOU!
The right side is where you record your PROCESSING of the teacher-provided notes, handouts, etc. (i.e. of the left side items).

9. Examples of Student Right Side Work/Products
Guided practice
Graphic organizers
Foldables
Homework assignment
Your re-writing of notes into your own language and/or with illustrations

10. More Examples of Right Side Work/Products
Math journal entries (e.g. about real-world math, about the assigned Internet math practice homework)
Creative math memory hooks
Mental math models (e.g. a story about “good guys leaving” and “bad guys leaving” to explain pos/neg integer multiplication)

11. Extra Credit Right Side Work/Products
NOTE: These are graded by detailed rubrics.
math riddles (especially for geometry)
student-created math games requiring math expertise (both to create and play the game; can involve dice, spinners, etc.)
poems/raps to aid memory of concepts or algorithms
etc.

12. sample re-write of class notes into right-side MIN format
source:
sample re-write of class notes into right-side MIN format
. . . in your own language!

13. Sample Math Memory Hook with Illustration
source:

14. Sample Foldables

15. Daily Student Supplies
Math Textbook
M.I.N. = Mead 5-Subject (5Star) Spiral-bound notebook
pencil pouch of supplies:
Pencils, glue sticks, markers, colored pencils, scissors, highlighter, basic calculator

16. Maintaining the Interactive Notebook
Update “Unit Table of Contents” when updated by the teacher
Date and number each page
No doodling that doesn’t relate to notes
No ripped out pages or torn corners

17. Test Your MIN Knowledge
Can you mentally fill in the blanks below and mentally “circle” the correct words?
The left side is for _______ _______. It is for input/output. (circle one) from the _________.
The right side is for _____________. It is for input/output. (circle one) from the _________.
Answers: The left side is for LEARNABLE CONENT. It is for input from the teacher.
The right side is for REFLECTION. It is for output from the student.

18. Left Side     L20             Right Side      R20