Hapyeaster
First - here are some links that I explored when I was getting
ready to jump into INBs.
http://www.ljhs.sandi.net/faculty/MTeachworth/interactive-notebook-folder/physics-interactive-no-cons.htm

http://www.journeytoexcellence.org/practice/instruction/theories/miscideas/notebook.phtml

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/churchillwootton/Notebook.PDF

http://pages.prodigy.net/wtrucillo/interactive_notebook.htm

A lot of my old links/bookmarks are "errors" now and won't open
(sad). I've used INBs for years. 3-rings and composition NBs.
I used composition for the first time this year and I like
composition NBs best. I'm going to INSIST that they ALL have
one (NO SPIRALS). To avoid excessive taping/gluing, I'm going
to have pages folded into 4 X 4 squares and glued in the bottom
1/2 of the page.

Students write a response on every left side page, even if it's
just a "30 word summary" or of what we did that day. Sometimes
they jot a note or prediction before or after a lab or demo.

I check the student response as a "ticket in the door" at the
beginning of each class.

On 6/25/09, hapyeaster wrote:
> I am moving to 8th grade science from 3 years in 8th grade
> language arts...big move.
>
> Anyway, our campus uses INBs and although I am familiar with
> them, and attempted to use them my first year in LA, I need
> some pointers.
>
> In looking through the notebooks from this last year, there
> is not enough writing; most of their notes are just
> photocopied and pasted in. I see very little student
> response that is "creative" and it is unclear how they are
> grading them.
>
> Does anyone have a good site, good examples, documents you
> are willing to share? I want to have some new things to
> bring to the table when we start planning for the year ahead.
>
> Thanks!

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