Interactive Notebook Background
When completing assignments in our interactive notebooks there is often a left brain and a right brain component that go hand-in-hand. It is a strategy to help students learn and retain information more easily.
Educational research has shown that when we look at words or information we learn very little, but if we interact with it, more is retained. Never will I say, "students--your assignment for homework is to color your notebook" but sometimes color and illustration are used strategically. The point is to meaningfully interact with the content, make connections to your life, or relate information to material you have encountered previously.
See me before or after school for examples from last year's notebooks.
Some students choose to do such things as: border a page with a formula or equation they need to memorize, or add illustrations to help them connect to a specific piece of information covered in class. Below you will find several examples of ways to interact with your notebook--some involve color, others do not.
Educational research has shown that when we look at words or information we learn very little, but if we interact with it, more is retained. Never will I say, "students--your assignment for homework is to color your notebook" but sometimes color and illustration are used strategically. The point is to meaningfully interact with the content, make connections to your life, or relate information to material you have encountered previously.
See me before or after school for examples from last year's notebooks.
Some students choose to do such things as: border a page with a formula or equation they need to memorize, or add illustrations to help them connect to a specific piece of information covered in class. Below you will find several examples of ways to interact with your notebook--some involve color, others do not.
Evidence of Notebook Interaction:
-Bordering pages with important facts/details
-Creating a cartoon that reminds you of a classroom example
-Using color/highlighter to group and identify key concepts or
terms
terms
-Adding symbols to written explanations
-Writing a summary on a "flippy" at the bottom of the page (no
coloring involved)
coloring involved)
-Writing clarifying questions in the margins (no coloring
involved)
involved)
-The list goes on...
