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= = = = =__//**INTERACTIVE STUDENT NOTEBOOKS**//__ =

 The purpose of the interactive notebook is to enable students to be creative, independent thinkers and writers. Interactive notebooks are used for class notes as well as for other activities where the student will be asked to express his/her own ideas and process the information presented in class. Requirements vary from teacher to teacher and is set up according to the directions of the teacher. Some go left/right, others go right/left, and still others go sequential. It really does not matter, so keep that in mind when looking at the suggestions.

 The purpose of this page to give teachers a starting point for setting up their own notebooks with their classes. The links presented on this page were shared by teachers on [|T-Net,] [|A to Z], and [|Pro-Teacher], and of course, __[|TCI,] the originators of the Interactive Student Notebook__, as examples of good interactive notebooks and guidelines. Credit belongs to the creators of the individual sites. I have tried to divide the sites by subject categories, but many are inter-changeable.

Note: While the majority of the sites are specifically about ISNs, a few - especially those in the right column, are ideas for things you can include in your notebook.

=**This is by no means a comprehensive list. __//I no longer have time to keep this site updated on a regular basis.//__ If you are not a member, please join and feel free to add links as you discover other sites. Click on edit, put cursor in an empty box under appropriate category, click on the link in tool bar. Click on "external" tab. Paste link in box and give it a title. Click box for new window. Click "Save" in the tool bar. If you notice any dead links, please delete it by clicking on edit and delete as you would in any document; then click on save. **=

__**General Guidelines**__
Slideshare has hundreds of examples of INS. Type the kind of ISN you are looking for in the search box. || [| The Interactive Student Notebook] ||
 * TCI - YouTube || TCI INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS ||
 * ISN PPT || [| Guidelines and Rubric] ||
 *  Slideshare.net
 * || [|Rubrics] ||
 * [|Sparks Fly] || Overview for ISN ||

__Language Arts__

 * Keys to Success || Summarizing and Notetaking Templates ||
 * Slideshare for students

Non-Fiction Writing Strategies Writers Notebook || Slideshow for English Notebooks

English Notebooks ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">__**Social Studies**__

 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 108.9%;">[|Social Studies Website] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 108.9%;">[|Sample Assignment Sheet] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 108.9%;">[|American History] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 108.9%;">[|Interactive Geography Notebook] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 108.9%;">[|Geography ISN] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 108.9%;">[|Creating a Cover] ||
 * Teaching Social Studies || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 108.9%;">[|Foldables] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 108.9%;">[|Interactive Notebooks]

<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Assignment Table ||  ||
 * Social Studies Blog

Social Studies St. Created Textbook ||  ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">__**Science**__
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> of how ISNs can be used with elementary students. Examples <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> can be used with older students as well. || Your Key to Success ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|Science Interactive Notebook] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|Science Notebooks] ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Physics Interactive Notebook] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Elementary Science ISN] This site is a wonderful example
 * [|Science ISN Slideshow] || Science Foldables ||  ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">__**Math**__
 * My Science Lessons ||  ||   ||


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Starting your Math Interactive Notebook ||  ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|Math Videos Online] ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|MyMathClass Interactive Math Notebooks (IMN)] ||

__**Modern Foreign Languages**__
Profa Baro's example Example Syllabus Spanish