Interactive Student Notebook
Tips & Tricks:
- Understand WHY you are choosing to use an INB and stay true to that purpose
- MODEL, MODEL, MODEL exactly what you expect of student notebooks in your own notebook
- Make copies of your “model notebook” for absent students
- Attach foldables, folded/stacked paper, or even booklets to maximize space
- Print on half-sheets of paper or make strips for compatible page sizes
- Use small post-it’s as tabs/dividers
- Use large rubber bands or paperclips for bookmarks
- Develop a system for annotating notes
- Adopt templates so students can build routines
- Some people utilize Cornell Notes
- For incentive or quick assessment, offer brief open-INB quizzes either on content or just INB organization
- Use Plickers? Have students attach their student card to the inside front/back cover
- Consider going digital with a DIGITAL interactive Notebook (resource listed)
What it is
- one spot for all class notes, student work, quizzes, and activities
- a student-made textbook
- a portfolio of student work
For access to support guides and videos, visit the KCSTeachandLearn website at www.kcsteachlearn.com
Where to Begin
- Each student needs a sewn composition book
- Have students number each page
- Designate first pages for Table of Contents
- Have students glue papers and take notes directly into notebook