Interactive Student Notebook
You will need 3 composition notebooks for your ISN.
As we run out of pages, we will switch out your books throughout the year.
As we run out of pages, we will switch out your books throughout the year.
What are Interactive Notebooks?
The Interactive Student Notebook is more than just a place where you write occasional notes, stuff handouts, and refer to before a test. The Interactive Student Notebook will be used daily in class to help you learn and remember important Social Studies concepts. The purpose of this interactive notebook is to enable you to be a creative, independent thinker and writer. Interactive notebooks will be used for class notes as well as for other activities where you will be asked to express your own ideas and process the information presented by this class.
How do I set up my notebook?
1. The Cover: Your ISN needs to have a cover containing your first and last name, teacher’s name, and class period, and will be designed with symbols or pictures related to the course and/or things that interest you.
2. Table of Contents: used for listing each item in your notebook with page numbers. This will help you and I find specific items quickly. It is very important that you keep this current and complete as it also sometimes serves as your grade sheet.
3. Title Page and Tab for each unit: includes the title of the unit, the units enduring understanding, and relevant pictures or symbols.
4. Page Numbers: Each page must be numbered (left side=even / right side=odd).
2. Table of Contents: used for listing each item in your notebook with page numbers. This will help you and I find specific items quickly. It is very important that you keep this current and complete as it also sometimes serves as your grade sheet.
3. Title Page and Tab for each unit: includes the title of the unit, the units enduring understanding, and relevant pictures or symbols.
4. Page Numbers: Each page must be numbered (left side=even / right side=odd).
How will it be organized?
What goes on the Left side?
Things to Remember for Left Sides:
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What goes on the Right side?
Things to remember for Right Sides:
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What happens if I'm absent?
If you are absent, it is your responsibility to get your notes and make up all of your work. Please feel free to see me if you have any questions regarding your notes and/or assignments.
What happens if I lose my notebook?
Your notebook accounts for a substantial portion of your grade, and is a very valuable tool - please take care NOT to lose it! If you lose the notebook, let me know as soon as possible. Check all your classes, the lost and found, and in the office. Bring loose-leaf paper or a spare notebook to class to use in the meantime. Although losing notebooks is rare, most lost notebooks are eventually found, though in some cases not immediately. Your grade could suffer considerably without the work from a lost notebook, so be sure to see me right away!
How will my notebook be graded?
We will be reviewing an ISN grading rubric together in class. Notebooks will be collected for formal grading regularly, and they will be checked informally on a daily basis so that I may provide you with necessary feedback. Before you submit your notebook for grading please be sure that:
Please be sure that…
- The notebook is neat using color effectively and completed with care.
- All work is completed according to instructions given.
- Notes show that they have been reviewed for understanding (highlighted, underlined, starred, etc.)
- Notes have questions, connections or drawings that demonstrate understanding and higher-level thinking.
- Summaries demonstrate an understanding of the most important ideas in the students own words.
- The left-hand page assignments demonstrate an understanding of the AZ Standard addressed in the student’s own words and visuals.
Please be sure that…
- All class notes and work are of high quality, even for days you were absent.
- All pages are numbered.
- All activities are titled correctly
- Table of contents is complete with proper page numbers.
- Color is added to highlight important information or to add visual appeal.