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THE INTERACTIVE

STUDENT NOTEBOOK

Ericka Benavides OlivarezDistrict Social Studies Specialist

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AGENDA Theory & History (just one slide ) Components of the ISN/HAN Set-up & Management The ISN/HAN and CSCOPE

Let’s make our own Preview Assignments Guided Practice Processing

Motivation Grading

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THEORY & HISTORY An Interactive Notebook is

A personalized textbookA working portfolio of all activities in one

convenient spot Why they engage students?

Use of visual and linguistic intelligencesNote-taking becomes an active processHelp students to systematically organize as

they learnBecome a portfolio on individual learning

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COMPONENTS Cover Page

PersonalizedUnique

Table of Contents (grades 2-12)Beginning and End of each Unit, Era or

Region of Study OPTIONAL

Student Guidelines / ContractTesting, Reading, Writing StrategiesAuthor Page (about me)

Left Side-Right Side Orientation

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SET-UP

Left-Side Is for the Student

Demonstration of their knowledge

Engage, Explore / Preview / Warm-up Prior knowledge

Processing / Evaluate Activities Student demonstration

of knowledge gained Odd Numbers

Right-Side Restricted

Contains teacher guided activities and instruction

Explain, Elaborate / Guided Practice Students acquiring

new knowledge through teacher directed activities

Even Numbers

Handout-ISN Framework

Let’s get set-

up*Number

pages 1-25

*No Number

on First

page;

Left-side ODD

Right-side

EVEN

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MOTIVATIONK-3 4-12

Cookies – Burnt or Sprinkles?

The Works Student/Parent

Contracts Provide options

when able

Student/Parent Contracts

ISN Student Self-Evaluation Tool

Provide options

Let’s design our cover page*FRONT PAGE*No number*Name, Grade, Title of Course, Teacher’s Name, Period

Handout-Contracts, Self-Evaluation Tool

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CSCOPE & THE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK

Let’s get to work on the details!

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PREVIEW ASSIGNMENTS*Students tap into prior knowledge and connect to upcoming content in a preview assignment.

• Short & Engaging• Draw parallel between key

social studies concepts & student’s lives (Relevant)

• Spark interest and activate prior knowledge

• Prepare students to tackle new concepts*Warm-

up*Engage

First exposure to the content

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APPLIED TO CSCOPEWhat does a Preview Activity look like?

Grade / Course

Engage, Warm-Up, Spark

Kinder Display picture of 1st page of Constitution. May have students draw their own or paste one in.

1st Provide students with images of each item and ask them to sort using relative chronology.

2nd As students work together, have them list everything they know about the National Anthem.

3rd Have students draw the physical environment of the islands as you read about in Columbus’ description.

4th Students will draw a picture of what the word FREEDOM means to them and title it.

5th Students write down possible meanings for each of the symbols in the envelope (crown, a flag, money…)

6th Students make predictions about culture traits based on observations (i.e. food, language, family, art…)

WorldGeography

Students use a T-chart to identify Physical Features and population of China and India.

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GRAPHICALLY ORGANIZED READING NOTES

GUIDED PRACTICEStudents use graphic organizers, cornell notes, visuals, and other activities to explore the unit. The teacher explains the key concepts.

• Use graphic organizers• Tap visual and

linguistic intelligences• Contains testable

information

*Explore*ExplainLearning

& Clarificati

on

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APPLIED TO CSCOPEWhat does the Guided Practice Activity look like?

Grade/ Course

Explore and/or Explain

Kinder Read the 9 statements about the Constitution. Students will circle thumbs up (true) or thumbs down (false)

1st Students will use the ISN to complete the Explain- Draw a timeline of 3-4 events in their lives.

2nd Students will glue in their Historical Figure Graphic Organizers on Even Pages 2 and 4

3rd Students will glue in their Academic Vocabulary Matrix and complete terms 1-5 only.

4th Students will work in groups, but then will return and glue in the pattern puzzle in the correct order.

5th Students will glue in their Government matrix with the information they collected at each station.

6th Students will take notes on the presentations using Cornell Note format or a graphic organizer.

WorldGeography

Provided with the World Population Growth chart, students will graph the population and write a summary

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PROCESSING ASSIGNMENTS

INDEPENDENT PRACTICEStudents demonstrate their understanding of the material / lesson in an independent activity.• Requires higher-order

thinking skills• Incorporates multiple

intelligences• Applies what students

learned in the lesson

Demonstrating Knowledge*Elabora

te*Evaluat

e

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APPLIED TO CSCOPEWhat does a Processing Activity look like?

Grade / Course

Elaborate and/or Evaluate

Kinder Have the students answer the questions in the performance indicator. Score in ISN using checklist.

1st Performance Indicator: Students will cut pictures of apart & paste them in chronological order in their ISN.

2nd Students will choose two of the sentence stems in the Explain, complete them, and write them in the ISN.

3rd Students will write 3 components of climate, 2 ways people adapt to the physical environment, 1 interesting community studies in their ISN.

4th Students will glue in their analysis pizza, including the statement in their words & how it affects them today.

5th Students will illustrate types of government in place during colonial times in Great Britain. Perf. Ind.

6th Students will read the biographical sketch and write a letter responding to them. Performance Indicator

WorldGeography

Pretend you are a demographer and create your own country profile. Performance Indicator

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IT’S OK TO GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE…BUT

* REMEMBER THE LEFT-SIDE, RIGHT-SIDE ORIENTATION - ALWAYS BEGIN A NEW UNIT OR LESSON ON THE LEFT-SIDE* TRY ALTERNATE FOLDING & GLUING METHODS* YOU DON’T HAVE TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING - IS IT ESSENTIAL TO THEIR UNDERSTANDING OR SIMPLY ADDITIONAL PRACTICE WITH A CONCEPT? - IF WE LEFT IT OUT, WOULD STUDENTS STILL BE ABLE TO PASS A TEST ON THE SUBJECT? - IS IT A GROUP PROJECT? - IS IT TOO LARGE TO FIT?

What happens if we don’t complete all of the activities

on the first two pages?

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MANAGEMENTK-3 4-12

Preparation is key Complete Activities

in Centers Keep a Teacher

copy of your ISN Prepare the Unit in

advance Bins for ISNs

Preparation is key Keep a Teacher

copy of your ISN Prepare Unit in

advance Allows students to

recover missing work ISNs in the

classroom? Or Student take home?

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GRADINGK-3 4-12

Unit Grading Rubric Teacher Checklists Performance

Indicator Rubrics for Processing Activities

Random Spot Checks

Unit Grading Rubrics

Weekly Grading Rubrics

Activity Grading Rubrics

Peer Grading Rubrics

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