INTERACTIVE SOCIAL STUDIES NOTEBOOK GUIDELINES
What is the purpose of the ISN? The purpose of the ISN is to enable the student to be a creative, independent thinker and writer. The notebook will be used for class notes and activities in which the student will be asked to express his own ideas and process the information presented in class. The notebook will help organize the content covered in class and will be used as a reference for completing assignments.
What materials are needed? Composition Notebook, Magazines, glue sticks, colored pencils, crayons, erasable pens/pencils.
What will go in the INS? The INS will have class notes, discussion notes, and handouts, and handouts with new information. The student will also organize new information in creative formats, express opinions and feelings and explore new ideas.
How will my INS be graded? Please see the rubric on the next page.
What happens if I am absent? If you are absent, it is your responsibility to obtain the notebook assignments from the interactive Teacher Notebook.
STUDENT: I Understand the purpose of the Social Studies Interactive Notebook and will keep my notebook up-to-date and complete. If I fall behind I will quickly seek out Notebook time before, during class, or after school.
______Student Signature/ Date
PARENTS: I have read the above information. I understand the purpose of the Social Studies Interactive Notebook and will encourage and monitor my student’s completion of notebook work. I will make sure that my student comes to class prepared with all the required daily materials and support make-up time either during class or after school if necessary.
______Parent Signature/ Date ORGANIZATION OF THE SOCIAL STUDIES NOTEBOOK
Left side (OUTPUT) Right Side (INPUT) The left page demonstrates YOUR understanding Social Studies interactive notebooks are used to of the information from the right page. You work help you learn and remember important concepts. with the input, and INTERACT with the Why do the work? This notebook style uses both information in creative, unique, and individual the right and left-brain hemispheres to help you ways. The left side helps focus your attention and sort, categorize, remember, and creatively interact guides your learning of the Social Studies content with the new knowledge you are gaining. and concepts
What goes on the LEFT side? What goes on the RIGHT side? OUTPUT goes on the left side! INPUT goes on the right side! Every Left side page gets used! Always write the date on each page Always use color and organize Always provide a Title for each information; it helps the brain to learn. assignment Always number each page consecutively
What could go on the left side? Guidelines: The right page is for writing down information Brainstorming Mindmaps you are given in class (INPUT) or handouts from Concept maps Venn diagrams the teacher Pictures Drawings When the teacher lectures, you take notes on Diagrams Writing prompts the right side Flow Charts Poems When you take book notes or video notes they Homework Songs ALWAYS go on the right side Worksheets Self reflections Any other type of INPUT you get in class Class work or teamwork activities No staples, only glue or clear tape. No staples, only glue or clear tape Interactive Social Studies Notebook Rubric Category 4 3 2 1 Class notes/ Class notes are Class notes are Class notes are Class notes are not completed correctly completed correctly sometimes completed completed correctly or Assignments and of high quality. and are of high quality, correctly. Student are missing. Student Student had added even for those days needs to improve does not follow up on other notes to increase when the student was quality of content. missed assignments. his/her knowledge of absent. the subject.
Format and The proper format has The proper format has The proper format is The proper format has been followed and all been followed for all usually followed for not been followed for Illustrations of the visual of the entries and the all of the entries. The all the entries. presentations are visual presentations visual presentations Improvement is creative, original and are neat and organized. are sometimes neat needed in the visual to of high quality. and organized. reflect work that is neat and organized.
Spelling and There are 0-1 spelling There are 2-3 spelling, There are 4-5 spelling, There are more than 5 punctuation and/or punctuation and/or punctuation and/or spelling, punctuation Grammar grammar errors in the grammar errors in the grammar errors in the and/or grammar errors final draft. final draft. final draft. in the final draft. Creativity and The writing or The writing or The writing or The writing or illustration contains illustration contains a illustration contains a illustration does not Expression many creative and/or few creative and/or few creative and/or contain any creativity original ideas that original ideas that original ideas but they and/or original ideas. contribute to the contribute to the do not contribute to the The author did not use reader’s understanding reader’s understanding reader’s understanding his/her imagination. of the content. of the content. of the content.