For the last several
years, I’ve been working with interactive notebooks in my classroom. They’ve gradually
transformed into interactive tools that have increased student engagement in
content areas. If you’re just getting started with notebooks, try choosing one
content area to start with. Then begin adding in additional content as you
become more confident with the format.
Originally I began using interactive
notebooks for math. These skills seemed to be some of the easier topics to
transition into interactive notebooks. That same year I also began notebooking
for reading. My students really enjoyed this new format and it freed us from
the dusty, old textbooks (that were falling apart anyway). Then last year I
integrated our science content into interactive notebooks as well.
Science is one of my favorite subjects to
teach because it offers so many opportunities to do hands-on learning. It’s also
a fantastic vehicle to integrate other content areas into. We frequently use
science as a segway for writing projects! In order to facilitate interactive notebooks
for science, I began creating notebook-minis. These are interactive notebooks
geared specifically to one particular topic. By using notebook-minis I can pull
the exact skills I want to work on with my students.
Check out my very first science notebook-mini...
This notebook
includes directions with photo samples of each activity, activity directions,
and technology links to enhance your science curriculum…
To download this
notebook-mini, click on one of the photos...
Stay tuned for my
next Plants & Soil notebook-mini!
Enjoy and thanks for
stopping by!
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