Graphic Organizers and Interactive Notebooks

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Graphic Organizers and Interactive Notebooks

• Math and Science
• Carol Bauer and Sheryl Roberts
• 2004-2005

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What are Interactive Notebooks?

• A note taking process that allows students to
  record information in a personal and meaningful
  way.
• A way for students use teacher supplied notes to
  draw whatever illustration makes sense to them.
• A way for students to personalize their work.

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This Process

• Can be challenging
• Takes a bit of patience
• Requires modeling, modeling, modeling
• Must consistently be reinforced
• Takes time to learn both for the teacher and for
  the students to develop their own style

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The Payoff

• Is a way for students to organize their work
• Teaches students how to think
• Uses reading strategies within a content area,
  such as science or math
• Helps students to distinguish between what they
  know and what they need to focus on

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And Finally

• Students make their own meaningful connections
• It encourages pride in student work
• It encourages cooperative learning
• It appeals to multiple intelligences
• The kids love it and learn so much!

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Interactive Notebooks

• Can be in pencil, crayon, or colored pencils
• Are personal and unique to each student
• Allow students to doodle or draw in their
  notebook and still be on task!

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In an Interactive Notebook,

• Key ideas are underlined in color or highlighted
• Arrows are used to show relationships between
  graphics and notes
• Diagrams, sketches, cartoons, charts, graphic
  organizers, songs, really
• anything can be included

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Interactive Notebooks Allow Students to

• Record information in an engaging way
• Rehearse and retell information
• Discuss and accept others ideas
• Identify main ideas
• Paraphrase
• Transform written concepts into visuals
• Become more independent thinkers

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What will be in it?

• Class notes, activities, and lab notes
• Vocabulary words, math formulas, timelines and
  anything else

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How Do I Get Started?

• Identify which subject and unit you want to begin
  with
• Let students know what supplies are required
• Make sure you have copies of notes for each
  student

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What Students Need

• The notebook-loose leaf paper in a three pronged
  folder, spiral notebook, or composition book
• Pencils, regular and colored
• Liquid glue or a glue stick
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Teacher supplied notes
• Grading expectations

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How is it Organized?

• 1) The Notebook has a title page
• 2) Table of contents
• 3) Teacher supplied notes
• 4) Student created graphics/notes

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THE NOTEBOOKS COVER

• Students notebooks should be easily recognizable
  to each student.

My Book
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Lets Begin

• Create a title page for the notebook. This
  includes students name and number, and any other
  information you think is important. Students
  enjoy illustrating this page.
• Number the title page 1. On the back of PAGE 1,
  number it as PAGE 2. Odd numbers will always on
  the right side pages, and even numbers will
  always be on the left. There will be NO blank
  pages.
• Pages are NEVER torn out. Notebooks must be kept
  neat because students will need them to study for
  the SOLs in May.

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Table of Contents

• This is the students organizing page.
• It can be as detailed as the students want
• It will help you evaluate their work and
  comprehension
• Is an outline of their notebook and can be filled
  in as they go or completed at the end of the
  unit. It is easier to fill in as you go!
• Make sure students leave enough room, especially
  for big units

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Table of Contents Example
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Lets Go!

• Make a decision how you want to place your notes
  and be consistent
• On one side will be notes and on the other side
  will be pictures, timelines, memory maps,
  cartoons, or graphic organizers that may explain
  students notes

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Before We Begin, You Should Have

• set of Ocean notes
• scissors
• glue stick
• pencils, plain and colored
• ruler
• paper-fold in half length-wise

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Cut and PasteJust Like Kindergarten!

• Next, we cut out the notes and paste it on one
  side of the notebook.
• Then we draw an arrow to the other side of the
  page. Leave enough room for student connections.
  
• Box in your notes.

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Marking Up and Boxing In

• Block in the text, make a line separating this
  information from other notes
• Underline key concepts and circle words you need
  to know
• Next, draw an arrow to the other side of the
  notebook and box in
• Paraphrase your notes and create your graphics

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Paraphrasing (Optional)

• Paraphrasing takes a lot of modeling and is not
  learned easily.
• Students rewrite teacher supplied notes in their
  words. This gives them ownership and makes them
  think about their notes.

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Graphics/ Student Notes

• Students draw pictures of their notes, create
  charts, diagrams, cartoons-- whatever they want.
• Teacher must be able to identify what is being
  explained.
• This allows for various learning styles and
  allows students to be imaginative and
  creative--experiment!

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Sample of Student Notes
Ocean Ecosystems
Coral Reefs
Tide Pools
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Sample of Student Notes
Ocean Trench
Ocean Ridge
Estuary
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Do they Understand It?

• All information that is tested can be found in
  their notebooks
• If a student misses an item on a quiz, they can
  locate that info in their notebooks and mark that
  page-usually with a sticky post it note

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Studying with Interactive Notebooks

• Read the notes. Marking up and highlighting key
  concepts helps them to focus on main ideas.
• Paraphrasing helps them to process the
  information.
• Studying the graphics help students to create
  pictures in their minds. This is a fundamental
  difference between good and poor readers.

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What Goes in the Back of the Notebook?

• handouts and quizzes and any other notes

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How is the Notebook graded?

• Explain rubric to students
• Conferencing-teacher and peer
• Notebooks are collected the day of the final exam
• Notebooks may be collected with or without
  notice, so.
• students MUST have their notebook everyday.

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Notebook Rubric

• Notebook grades will be based on
• Thoroughness (Every page must be complete)
• Organization / Neatness
• Mark ups
• Boxing in
• Graphics

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Remember

• Student work is recorded in an interactive
  notebook
• Students are required to bring the notebook EVERY
  DAY
• Notebooks should be well cared for, so they can
  last throughout the school YEAR

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Its that simple!!!

• You can do it! We did and the kids loved it!

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Credits

• Classroom Instruction That Works!
• by Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane
  Pollack
• Sharon Miles and Amanda Donnelly
• History Alive! www.historyalive.com