1. RELA Interactive Student Notebook
A Key Element for your Success

2. 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?

3. Keep it together with your
Interactive
Notebook

4. 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

5. 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

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

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

8. Sample Foldables

9. Advertisements

10. Illustrated Outlines

11. Sensory Figures

12. Concept Map

13. Acrostics

14. Comic Strips

15. Venn Diagram

16. Teacher Products Notes Study Guides Vocabulary Graphic Organizers
Handouts
Comprehension Questions

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

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

19. 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!!)

20. 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

21. Sample Table of Contents