From Day Dreaming ... To Engagement Have Your Students Ever? Said I cant remember what we were doing in class yesterday. Said I was absent on Tuesday, what did I miss? Went to sleep in class. Daydreamed Lost their notebook. THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN SCIENCE Created By: Ms. Andrea Carter Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy 5 th Grade S.T.E.M. Teacher Grade Chair Science Coordinator Interactive Notebooks A collection of notes taken from reading, listening, discussion, and viewing, including corresponding responses, either in graphic or written form. Daily journal-type recording of student-written class notes from reading, lecture, and discussions, and the reflective and metacognitive responses students make to their own note taking. Benefits of Interactive Notebooks Notebooks help students to systematically organize as they learn. Students can use their notebooks to record ideas about every activity they engage in during a unit. Have them use a variety of organization techniques-topic headings, colored highlights, different writing styles-to synthesize historical concepts and make coherence of what they learn. Note taking becomes an active process. These notebooks invite students to become engaged in their learning. Students will spend some time passively recording ideas from a lecture or the board, but most of their time doing something with ideas-putting them into their own words, searching for implication or assumptions, transforming words into visuals, finding the main point of a political cartoon, etc. This is especially true of the left side of the notebook, which is reserved for their active exploration of social studies ideas. Notebooks become a portfolio on individual learning. These personal, creative notebooks become a record of each students growth. The teacher, students, and even parents can review a students progress in writing, illustrating, recording, thinking, and organization skills. Expectations No RIPPED OUT pages or torn corners No DOODLING that doesnt relate to science Notebook should be used for SCIENCE CLASS ONLY DATE AND NUMBER each page All entries must go into the Table of Contents BE COLORFUL & LOVE YOUR NOTEBOOK Materials Needed Crayons Glue Sticks Highlighters Composition Notebook Scissors Colored Pencils Pencils No Markers.. Authors Page: All About Me Name: Nickname: Birthday: Favorite Food: Favorite Music: Favorite Sport: Favorite Color: Favorite Movie: Favorite Book: Favorite Place: ___________________ Three words I would use to describe myself are: I would like to take a vacation to: In the future I would like to be a(n): Authors Page Can Be Specific to Field of Study ScienceMathSocial Studies When is your birthday? How old are you? What is your favorite number? What is your favorite math concept/skill? Why? What is your least favorite math concept/skill? Why? Table of Contents Page At the top of page 1 write Table of Contents. Title Your 3 Columns. Date Title/Unit Page Number Start Your Entry on Page 5. DateTitle/UnitPage # 8/9/15Science Lab Contract 1 8/10/15Intro to Earths Processes 2 8/11/15Implications of Earths Processes 3 Left SideRight Side: Which Side? Left Side (Output) Student input or application of the concept Opinions and feelings Make connections to the standard Apply skills Lots of Color (the brain remembers better Right Side (Input) Class notes Discussion notes Reading notes Handouts with new information To The Left The days activity is placed on the LEFT or OUTPUT side of the notebook. This section acts as a reinforcement for the RIGHT or INPUT side and is referred to as the SCIENCE ACTIVITY. This side entails hands on, tactile learning. To the left, to the left Left Side Content Venn Diagram Brainstorm Charts & Graphs Foldable Concept Map Left Side Continued Graphic Organizers Poems Reflection Use Guiding Prompts: What are you curious about? What would you like to test? What was the main idea? What are the important details to remember? How does this relate to your life? What dont you understand? The Keys to a Fabulous Right Side Every page has a Title and date and page # at the top. The right page is for inputting or writing down information you are given in class: notes, video notes, worksheets, readings, etc. Always write a minimum of 5 facts relating to the subject matter. Write a minimum of 2 questions you have based on the information you have learned. Write neatly and clearly. Use highlighting and color to make important information stand out. Right Side Examples The RIGHT side of the notebook contains information given by the teacher. Vocabulary Basic Knowledge Questions Reading Notes Movie Notes Study Guides PowerPoint Notes Social Studies Illustrated Timelines create illustrated timelines to sequence a series of events in chronological order. 16. Invitations design invitations that highlight the main goals and key facts of important historical events. Annotated Illustrations make annotated illustrations to recount a story of travel or migration, to represent a moment in time, or to label architectural features. Annotated Slides use simple sketches of powerful images, accompanied by annotations, to help students understand difficult content. Perspective Pieces design drawings or write newspaper articles to represent different perspectives on controversial figures, events, and concepts. Political Cartoons and Comic Strips create political cartoons and comic strips to provide social or political commentary on important historical events. ELA Book or Compact Disk Covers design book or compact disk covers to highlight and illustrate important concepts. Caricatures draw caricatures to present the main characteristics of a group in history or how an individual or group was perceived by another group. Flow Charts create flow charts to show causal relationships or to show steps in a sequence. Forms of Poetry write various forms of poetry to describe a person, place, event, or feeling of a moment. Illustrated Dictionary Entries explain key terms by created illustrated dictionary entries. Write a definition, provide a synonym and an antonym, and draw an illustration to represent each term. Illustrated Outlines use simple drawings and symbols to graphically highlight or organize class notes. 14. Illustrated Proverbs create illustrated proverbs to explain complex concepts. Additional Student Activities Making Connections Outside the Classroom after completing an activity, find examples outside of class of the topic or concept studied. Metaphorical Representations create metaphorical representations to explain difficult or abstract historical concepts. Mind Notes draw and label outlines of the heads of important historical figures. Fill in the outline with quotations and paraphrased thoughts from the figure. Mosaics synthesize information from a broad content area by creating mosaics. Use visuals and words to represent similarities, differences, and important concepts. Pictowords create pictowords (symbolic representations of words or phrases that show their meaning) to help define difficult concepts. Spectrums place information on spectrums to show multiple perspectives on a topic or to express an opinion about an issue. References Carter, M.J., Hernandez, A.C., & Richison, J.D. (2009). Interactive notebooks and English Language Learners. Retrieved January 18, 2013 fromter02611Sample.pdf TCI (2013). The Interactive Student Notebook. Retrieved June 23, 2015 fromWalsh, C.L. (n.d.) Interactive Notebooks Credits Ms. Danielle Pitts Ms. T. Taylor