Carol, If I remember correctly from the workshop, the teacher created a "notebook" using chart paper, and each of the kids had stapled or plastic-bound "notebooks" made from large paper (12x18, I think). The class, as a whole, went through the notepages using the strategies, with the teacher doing all the underlining, highlighting, defining, and writing of questions that were asked on the chart paper notebook. Then, she typed up and printed the notepages and made copies for everyone on regular-sized copy paper, along with the handwritten underlines, definitions, etc. The kids glued that on to one half of one of the pages in their "notebook", then used the other side to draw pictures of their own connections.
Having taught K for many years (now in 2nd), I think it would work just fine. Obviously, the kinders need loads of hands-on and read-alouds when learning about content, but I think this would be a great thing to do one or two days during your unit. All my interactive notebook stuff is at school. I will look to see if I've forgotten anything. We did a 5th grade notepage during the workshop, but they showed us how it looks in K & 1st. Melissa/VA/2nd On Jan 6, 2008 11:45 AM, Carol Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Melissa, > > Thanks for sharing! Do you think it's practical to use the notebooks for > kindergarten? > > Carol T. > > On Jan 5, 2008 9:20 PM, Melissa Kile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There are definitely interactive notebooks for elementary. I currently > do > > them in science & social studies w/ my 2nd graders. The website is > > www.irncorp.com (that's i r n corp--it looked kind of scrunched on my > > screen). These 2 ladies are fantastic. They offer a one-day workshop. My > > principal paid for me to go last summer, and then paid for the science & > > social studies notepages for Virginia standards, teacher guides, etc > ($65 > > each). Everything comes on a CD, and you can reformat it to what your > kids > > need. They also showed us how to do them with K and 1st grade (mostly > > whole-class). > > > > I highly recommend doing them if you can get to a workshop near you. My > > kids > > love them, I love them. They are a great way of reinforcing the > strategies > > that you teach in reading (making connections & predictions, inferring, > > visualizing, asking questions, and synthesizing information). Check out > > their website! > > > > Melissa/VA/2nd > > > > On Jan 5, 2008 8:34 PM, Mary Milner <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > I google'd Interactive Notebook and got a site that was loaded with > > > information. A lot of the information was for secondary students or > > > advanced intermediate students, but I am thinking I can use some of > the > > > ideas in a whole-class interactive notebook. (Yes, I know this > obviates > > > the > > > whole point, which was differentiation. I've got a different goal in > > > mind, > > > though.) I have a blank big book and my students and I can do > > interactive > > > writing to record our thinking using things from the Interactive > > Notebook > > > format. Obviously it won't be all that sophisticated, but it's > another > > > way > > > to go at recording our ideas. > > > > > > Any thoughts on this that would be helpful??? > > > > > > Mary M. > > > 1st grade/TX > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 7:04 PM > > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (Mosaic) Differentiating Work Stations > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 1/5/2008 7:45:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, mrs > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > > If you research Interactive > > > > Notebook-type notebook, you will find the notebook itself IS the > > > product. > > > > Kim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kim, > > > > > > > > This looks very interesting. I just googled it and most of the > > > > information > > > > appears to be for middle and high schools. Do you have any > specific > > > > information for the primary grades? I do have my students keep a > > > > notebook in Reading > > > > class. They have a numbered section at the front where we record > > > > elements > > > > of the various genres that they need to know. Then we take notes > on > > > > every > > > > story. The first two pages is a bubble map for the vocab and then > > the > > > > definitions of each vocab word. We also use it to take notes on > > > > different parts of > > > > grammar, but not much else. > > > > > > > > Rosie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **************Start the year off right. 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