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What is an Interactive Student Notebook
(ISN)?• Personalized textbook• Working Portfolio• Study Guide• Reflection Tool• Assessment Tool• Collection of learning
strategies
Purposes of an ISN
– Incorporates graphic organizers – Thinking Maps– Foldables – Includes visuals– Builds academic vocabulary– Builds note-taking skills – May be used daily– ISNs become a portfolio of individual learning– Great resource (homework, quiz, test)
Guidelines for ISN Cover
• No revealing or provocative pictures or photos.
• No references to drugs, tobacco or alcohol whatsoever.
• No inappropriate language, mottos, slogans etc.
• No blank space allowed on the cover, entire book should be covered.
Materials for personalizing your ISN
Create a cover for your ISN. You will need:• A composition book• Pictures from magazines or photographs• Markers• Scissors • Glue sticks• Clear Packaging Tape
• Your imagination!
What goes in an ISN?
• Title Page• Table of Contents (5 Pages)• Assignment Grade Sheet (5 Pages
0ptional)• Numbering (1-30)• “Appointment Clock”
Title PageYour Name
Interactive Student Notebook(ISN)
Mr. Telas*
Pre-AP World Geography
2011-2012
Title Page
Room #
Title Page
Make 5 pages ofTable of
Contents on the front and back of each page.
Date Table of Contents Page #
Title Page
Start with the last
page and make 5
pages of the Assignment
Stamp Sheet
on the front and back of each page.
DateAssignment Stamp
(or Grade) Sheet Page #
Stamp orGradeT. Of C. , pages #
1 2Teacher InputStudent Output
*Students take notes during lectures and class discussions.
*Students record reading notes from their textbooks, literature or primary sources.
*This information should be regarded as “testable” and should be structured so that key ideas and concepts are clear.
*Students process new ideas
*Students use illustrations, charts, poetry, colors, matrices and cartoons to understand new content.
*Students explore opinions, clarify values, wonder “what if” and ask new questions about new ideas.
*Students express feelings and reactions.
*Students review what they have learned and preview what the will be learning.