Your Key to Success in Social Studies Interactive Notebook Your Key to Success in Social Studies

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?

Get it together with your Interactive Notebook

What is an Interactive Notebook? A personalized textbook A working portfolio – all of your notes, classwork, quizzes – in one convenient spot.

Left Side – Right Side Orientation The Left side is “left” for you. This is the side that you can use to show me your creativity. There are a few “Required” items that must be on that page. The Right side is “Restricted” and contains teacher guided notes. Nothing else should be placed on the Right side!!

Left Side The left side belongs to you. It contains your warm-up and the day’s activity. On this page you may include diagrams, cartoons, drawings, poems, foldables, etc. Odd Pages

Left Side Beginning of Class Top of the Page will be your “Learning Goal” End of Class Proof: What evidence can you tell me/show me that proves you learned something. (score yourself from 1-3) Vocabulary: Define in your own words Reflection: This will be a reflection on the assignment. This is where your creativity really gets to come alive.

Examples of Left Side Reflections Webs Diagrams Poems Reflections Comics

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Illustrated Outlines

Sensory Figures

Sensory Figures, cont.

Concept Map

Acrostics

Comic Strips

Venn Diagram

Right Side The right side belongs to me and should only contain teacher directed guided notes. Nothing else should be placed on this page! The right side will contain most of your testable material. Even Pages

Examples of Right Side Assignments Notes Study Guides Vocabulary

Social Studies Notebook Supplies Scissors Glue stick (several thru the year) 1- SUBJECT composition Notebook per Semester Erasable pens & pencils HIGHLIGHTER colored pencils NO CRAYONS! NO MARKERS! They bleed through!

Maintaining the Interactive Notebook No ripped out pages or torn corners No doodling that doesn’t relate to notes Notebook should only be used in Social Studies. (No other classes!!) Date and number each page

For the front of your INB… Getting Started: Step 1 For the front of your INB… The name of the course: 7th Grade Social Studies The words: Interactive Social Studies Notebook The class period that you have social studies: Ex. Period 1 The school year: 2016-2017 Your teacher: Mrs. Hohn Your name: (self explanatory) TWO OR MORE Social Studies PICTURES: You can draw, get them from a magazine or print from the Internet. Social Studies Notebook My Name My Grade

7th Grade Social Studies Interactive Social Studies Notebook YOUR Name YOUR Period Mrs. Hohn 2016-2017

STEP 2 Starting with the 1st page, number the first 50 pages. The 1st page is 0 – EVEN numbers will always be on the RIGHT and ODD numbers on the LEFT. Number at the TOP OUTSIDE CORNER of every page. Inside front cover 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHORS PAGE “ALL ABOUT YOU PAGE”

(The first few pages will be REFERENCE PAGES) STEP 3 At the top of PAGES 0,1,2,3, & 4, write Table of Contents. Divide each page into 4 columns: Date, Topic, Page # , HW Inside front cover 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHORS PAGE “ALL ABOUT YOU PAGE” (The first few pages will be REFERENCE PAGES)

Table of Contents DATE Topic PAGE # HW

Table of Contents 9/7 Reading Guidelines 5 INB Guidelines 6 DATE Topic PAGE # HW 9/7 Reading Guidelines 5 Author’s Page INB Guidelines 6

Sample Author P a g e

STEP 4 On pages 5 and 6, you will write guidelines. 3 4 5 6 Reading Guidelines Table of Contents Table of Contents INB GUIDELINES

Reading Guidelines Read with a pen in hand Take notes on the margin Underline or Highlight important facts Ask Questions Pre-read the questions so you know what to read for Look for important information in the article, bolded, italicized word, underlined words, and caption boxes

Notebook Guidelines Do not RIP OUT pages or tear corners All handouts MUST BE GLUED IN! Please don’t DOODLE unless it relates to social studies Your INB should only be used for Social Studies CLASS and COMES TO CLASS EVERYDAY Each page should have the DATE, PAGE# and TITLE Write ALL entries in the Table of Contents BE COLORFUL & LOVE YOUR NOTEBOOK

Now You're Ready! Social Studies’ Notebook

Your Homework... Make sure you have your TITLES at the top of each page to help you to remember what you need to PASTE Complete your AUTHOR’S PAGE and the COVER of your INB Both are DUE ON Monday. You can do these on a separate piece of paper and paste them into/onto your notebook.