Integrating the

Interactive Student

Notebookin your

classroom

What is an Interactive Student Notebook

(ISN)?• Personalized textbook• Working Portfolio• Study Guide• Reflection Tool• Assessment Tool• Collection of learning

strategies

Why use an Interactive Student

Notebook?

Interactive Student

Notebook

Purposes of an ISN– Incorporates graphic organizers – Thinking Maps– Foldables – Includes visuals– Builds academic vocabulary– Builds note-taking skills – May be used daily– ISNs become a portfolio of individual learning– Great resource (homework, quiz, test)

Personalizing the Cover

Lisa

Guidelines for ISN Cover• No revealing or provocative pictures

or photos.• No references to drugs, tobacco or

alcohol whatsoever.• No inappropriate language, mottos,

slogans etc.• No blank space allowed on the cover,

entire book should be covered.

Materials for personalizing your ISN

Create a cover for your ISN. You will need:• A composition book• Pictures from magazines or photographs• Markers• Scissors • Glue sticks• Clear Packaging Tape• Your imagination!

Setting up the inside of the ISN

What goes in an ISN?• Title Page• Table of Contents (5 Pages)• Assignment Grade Sheet (5 Pages

0ptional)• Numbering (1-30)• “Appointment Clock”

Title PageYour Name

Interactive Student Notebook(ISN)

Mr. Telas*

Pre-AP World Geography

2011-2012

Title Page

Room #

Title Page

Make 5 pages ofTable of

Contents on the front and back of each page.

Date Table of Contents Page #

Title Page

Start with the last

page and make 5

pages of the Assignment

Stamp Sheet

on the front and back of each page.

DateAssignment Stamp

(or Grade) Sheet Page #

Stamp orGradeT. Of C. , pages #

Begin numbering the top outside corner of each page

Begin numbering pages 1-50

1 2

Title PageDate Table of Contents Page #Grade7-20-09 Appointment Clock 1

1 2Teacher InputStudent Output

*Students take notes during lectures and class discussions.

*Students record reading notes from their textbooks, literature or primary sources.

*This information should be regarded as “testable” and should be structured so that key ideas and concepts are clear.

*Students process new ideas

*Students use illustrations, charts, poetry, colors, matrices and cartoons to understand new content.

*Students explore opinions, clarify values, wonder “what if” and ask new questions about new ideas.

*Students express feelings and reactions.

*Students review what they have learned and preview what the will be learning.

My Appointment Clock