Interactive student notebooks

I've written before about how "close reading," presented as a "NEW and IMPROVED" way to teach reading sorta rubs me the wrong way. Like most buzz words and theories in education, I get annoyed when

When I discovered interactive notebooks a few years ago, I knew I'd found a goldmine! I finally had a place for students to keep notes, add fun foldable activities, and more. I always say that

Interactive notebooks have been one of the biggest trends in education over the last few years, but are something I’ve never been able to buy into. I've

Let's talk interactive notebooks. They've been all the rage the past few years, right? I'll admit that I jumped on the bandwagon several years ago myself, but I quickly found myself falling off the wagon. It may have actually been more of a jump. You see, I teach 2nd grade. Second graders still take FOR.EVER. to cut out anything. And they need lots of help folding. Should we even mention the gluing? I couldn't jump off the bandwagon fast enough. I found that my instructional time was being…

We're using Interactive Notebooks in my 9th grade English class this year. I'm so excited to share these ideas and student samples with you! Check out this blog post and get inspired to start using ISNs in your ELA class, too!

You can make storing, organizing, and implementing interactive notebooks a breeze with these 8 interactive notebook hacks...

I was asked to present Interactive Student Notebooks at our Gulf Regional Innovative Teaching Conference. I have used them in my classroom for 4 years and was super happy to share all of the things I have stolen from other teachers! I only had 50 minutes to talk about something I could talk for days about! What better way to teach teachers about interactive notebooks than to have them create their own! This is also my love letter to Math Equals Love for putting her amazing ideas out into the…

I was asked to present Interactive Student Notebooks at our Gulf Regional Innovative Teaching Conference. I have used them in my classroom...

Inside: Advice for teaching with interactive student notebooks. My first year using interactive student notebooks, I jumped in on a whim. I liked the idea of student ownership: that the students would physically put together a record of their learning. They could put their personal style into this amazing portfolio of all we did. Well, here’s

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