This post is way overdue and I must admit should have probably been one of the first that I posted to help everyone understand my journey with interactive notebooks in language arts. As I have said in the past, there were not many resources available at the beginning of my journey with using interactive notebooks in language arts classes. So...I relied on one of my great friends, Google, to help me search and search and search (you get the picture). What I did find were many sites and bits of information about using ISNs in social studies, science, and even math. Being the creative thieving teacher that I am, I took what information I could find and "made it fit" my needs.
I had saved several of these informative sites to my favorites on my computer. Some of the links still work while some can no longer be found. Anyway, I did a quick Google search and found a few more sites that I felt had information that could be used to help understand ISNs and also help someone considering using ISNs in their classroom make an informed decision. I also snapped a few pictures of the Dinah Zike foldables books that I have used in my ISNs over the past couple of years.
One thing that I recommend you do if using ISNs is that you create a teacher notebook as you go through the school year...completing pages/assignments as students do. This helps to keep everyone on the same page and you have a great record of what students need to do when they are absent. They can grab your notebook and use it to get caught up and have a guide for where to glue pages and what was missed. I would also suggest that you create a separate notebook for each class that you teach. Modeling for each class is so much easier if you just start over instead of showing them your notebook from the previous class.
Click on the goldish words below to visit that web page. You may have to do a little searching on that page to find the information related to interactive notebooks - I tried to point you to the main page of each site. Each foldables book is linked to the book at the Dinah Zike store, just click the picture and it will take you to that specific store page.
History Alive (the birth of interactive notebooks)
Interactive Notebooks (a wiki-space with many logistics)
A Teacher's Treasure (Mor Zrihen's blog all about ineractive notebooks)
Mr. Roughton 2.0 (many assignments that can be adapted for ISN use)
Mrs. Campbell
Stirling English
Mrs. Edwards
Ms. Perez
Science Notebooking
Middle School Science
Teaching Social Studies (this is one of my favorites with very useful info by Mrs. Gannon)
Huff English
Joseph Hill (just found this one today...a new favorite with TONS of info)
EHOW (quick tutorial)
Setting up the Interactive Notebook (Slideshare powerpoint)
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| Click on the picture to go to the Dinah Zike store for more information about this book. |
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| Click on the picture to go to the Dinah Zike store for more information about this book. |
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| Click on the picture to go to the Dinah Zike store for more information on this book. |
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| Click on the picture to go to the Dinah Zike store for more information on this book. |
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| Click on the picture to go to the Dinah Zike store for more information about this book. |
Randy
