Math Notebooks or Interactive Math Notebooks (I.M.N.)

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Math NotebooksorInteractive Math Notebooks
(I.M.N.)
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Abstract

• Math Notebooks are a tool to strengthen student
  learning of curriculum through increased student
  participation.  They are used in class daily to
  help the student learn and keep track of their
  learning.  This style of notebook uses both the
  right and left-brain hemispheres to help sort,
  categorize and be creative with the newly
  attained knowledge.  The right side of the spiral
  notebook is for writing down information given by
  the teacher (notes, vocabulary, forumulas,
  examples, etc).  The left side of the spiral
  shows the understanding and references the
  information from the right side through self
  worked examples, reflections, drawings/figures,
  completed assignments, etc.). The benefits for
  the student are endless because the students are
  more organized and can easily access their work
  and notes. 

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Why Math Notebooks?

•  I was tired of students misplacing and/or not
  utilizing their notes, losing their papers, and
  not remembering the previously learned concepts.

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What are Math Notebooks?

• Originated from History Alive's "Interactive
  Student Notebook"
• A personalized textbook that the students create,
  and 
• A working portfolio -- all of their notes,
  classwork, etc. -- in one convenient spot
• A way for teachers to easily enforce student
  responsibility
• Absent Students
• Special Education Students and ELL Students
• Tutorials
• Parent/Teacher conferences

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Math Notebook Supplies

• Composition book (preferably graph or college
  ruled)
• Highlighters (at least four different kinds)
• Glue Sticks (preferably Elmer's)
• Markers (a set of 8 Crayola markers)
• Scissors

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What makes this notebook so special?

• Right side pages are used to write down
  learn-able content from the class notes,
  discussion and textbook's notes. You may require
  Cornell notes.Left hand side pages are used to
• Do the Do-Now (warm up)
• Independent Practice problems
• Graphic Organizers (Frayer models, Foldables,
  Venn ...)
• Glue Assignments
• Glue Quiz/Test Corrections

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Left Side     20             Right Side      21

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Pros                           "Cons"

• Everyone has the same notes at the same place.
• Student engagement, responsibility,and
  organization
• Students will use the notes.
• Helpful for student review
• Used for future classes
• Quick Assessment tool
• Every year you don't have to re-invent the wheel

• For the teacher, it is a lot of work and mistakes
  when setting it up.
• Some students lose their notebook or people steal
  them
• When new students enter the class.
• Damaged notebooks

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Tips/Tricks

• Each page of the notebook is numbered in marker
  during the first week of school.
• Page 1 Title page 2 Rubric  3-7 Table of
  Contents  8-9 Formula Charts  10-11 State
  Objectives 12-13 Course Policies/Syllabus
• Have a section for State Standardized Objectives
  Activities
• Tabs can be used to identify Units
• Precut assignments to make it easier to glue
• Tests can be glued into the notebook on an odd
  page, and its facing even page used for test
  corrections.
• Each time they start on a page, have them list
  the date in the top right hand corner, and the
  learning objective on the first line.
• When students finish their work early or you have
  some "free" time, have the students update their
  table of contents or review their notes by adding
  color, highlighting, underlining, boxing the
  important things.

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If you want more information

• Talk with me (kriggins_at_houstonisd.org)
• http//interactive-notebooks.wikispaces.com/
• http//www.wm.edu/education/599/06projects/wist.pd
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