RELA Interactive Student Notebook A Key Element for your Success

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?

Keep it together with your Interactive Notebook

What is an Interactive Notebook? A personalized, student created textbook and study tool A working portfolio – all of your notes, handouts, classwork, reflections- in one convenient spot

Notebook Organization The front of your notebook will have a table of contents, and an SSR section. All other items, including teacher content and student content will be in chronological order. This may include testable items, reflections, foldables and graphic organizers will be organized in chronological order

Student Products Student products may include: completed graphic organizers Foldables Brainstorming First drafts of writing Re-writing of notes into own words or illustrations

More Student Products Journal entries Novel or story reflections Character illustrations Setting illustrations Timelines

Sample Foldables

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Illustrated Outlines

Sensory Figures

Concept Map

Acrostics

Comic Strips

Venn Diagram

Teacher Products Notes Study Guides Vocabulary Graphic Organizers Handouts Comprehension Questions

Student Supplies Mead 5 Star Spiral Notebook-College Ruled 100-159 pages (or similar spiral notebook) Pencil bag of supplies

Pencil Bag Contents Colored Pencils Glue Sticks, Tape Hand-held pencil sharpener Post-It notes Highlighters #2 Pencils, Blue or black ink pens

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

Components of your ISN—We will discuss requirements Cover—create a colorful cover Author’s Page—Create an inside author’s page Table of Contents-The first three pages will be a running Table of Contents SSR Record-2 pages for SSR

Sample Table of Contents