ISN Math TitleBelfry Middle School

Dianne HarrisMegan Smith

What is an Interactive Student Notebook?

• ISN strategy originated from Addison Winston’s program, History ALIVE!

• ISN have been adopted into many different classrooms and modified to fit that individual teacher’s needs

• ISN offers students the opportunity to be creative, independent thinkers and writers

• ISN becomes a portfolio of a student’s work and thinking process

What does our ISN look like?

Left Page: INPUT Right Page: OUTPUT

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Bell Ringer

Content

StudentReflection

HOOK

LINE

SINKER

Teacher’s Page Student’s Page

• Modification

• Organization

• Procedure

What material do you need for Interactive Student Notebooks?

• Spiral Bound Notebook• Scissors• Glue• Highlighters• Crayons/Colored Pencils (no markers)• Pencils

Suggestion: Create a class set of “ISN Kits”

Why use an ISN in your class?

• Actively Engaged

• Organization

• Individual Student Portfolios

• Provides students time to process information

• Changes the appearance of a Math Classroom

• Establish connections between Math and Literacy

How to incorporate an ISN in math class

• Get students on board

• Set aside a class period to “set up” notebooks as a class (PowerPoint including pictures)

• Make ISN a daily classroom procedure

• Emphasize the importance of keeping an organized and orderly ISN

• Use the ISN daily

What does it take to make an ISN successful?

• Teacher keeps an ISN

• Make it fun and interesting

• Keep extra blank notebooks (lost or new students)

• Provide all materials in classroom

• ISN never leaves the classroom

• Give students time to bring in their own notebook• Provide notebooks if needed (Wal-Mart Back-to-School Special: 1 subject

spiral bound 70 page notebooks for $0.05 each )

• PowerPoint includes slides to walk student through the following: (always include pictures)

- Cover (provide sticker with name)

- Title Page (name, class, period, teacher)

- Table of Contents (4 pages)

- Insert first assignment (What is a mathematician?)

Interactive Student Notebooks Set-Up PowerPoint

Benefits to UsingInteractive Student Notebooks

• Hands-On/Heads-On• Organization for all students• Uses different learning styles• Every student can be successful• Every student is actively engaged• Changes personal opinion of math• Eliminates “I can’t find it” excuses• Provides opportunities for daily literacy exercises in

math classrooms

What can be included on Left Side of Interactive Student Notebooks

• Striving Readers Strategies (Frayer Models, KWL, Double Entry Journals, Anticipation Guides, etc.)

• Foldables (Books by Dinah Zike http://www.dinah.com/index.php)

• Note Taking Strategies (Cornell Notes, Guided Notes, etc.)

What can be included on Right Side of Interactive Student Notebooks

• Brainstorming• Venn Diagrams• Reflections• Flow Charts• Concept Maps• Illustrations• Writing Prompts• Cartoons• Data/Graphs• Quick Writes• Graphic Organizers• Poems Cinquain, Haiku, etc.

• Songs• Magazine Covers• Riddles• Illustrated Dictionary• Media Clippings

Helpful Websites for Interactive Student Notebooks

• http://www.mrgreer.net/interactivenotebook.html