Carol (and any other K or 1st teachers interested), I found my K Interactive Notebook information at school. Here are the basics:
Day 1: ask prior knowledge questions about the SOL, do a read-aloud as a springboard Days 2-5: Begin the shared writing piece, 4-5 sentences, one sentence per day. With each sentence, circle unknown words and discuss. Draw a picture above the word that defines it. Adding sentences should take 15 min., leave the remainder of the time for follow-up activities. Days 6-7: Review paragraph, ask essential knowledge questions and have the students find the answers in the text. Underline the answers to the questions as the students find them. Day 8: Students receive a copy of the shared writing piece to glue in their notebooks. The notebooks are teacher-made using large pieces of white construction paper and plastic binders. On their personal copies, have the students box, circle and underline, as the whole class did on the shared piece. Also, have them draw the definition pictures above the circled words. Do this as a group, reviewing the circled words and essential knowledge as you go. Day 9: Review the text together. Students then draw pictures of the underlined essential knowledge next to their notepage. (Even in 2nd grade, I had to draw the pictures first, on the overhead, for several pages, until they got the hang of what they were supposed to do.) Day 10: after much modeling, pair the students and have them look at their pictures and retell the information in the paragraph. If they leave important information out, it is their buddy's job to remind them and help them fix or add to their picture. Assessment: Ask them to draw what they know about the subject. Rubric for K/1 4: The student's picture shows that he/she understands all of the important information. The pictures includes some details. 3: The student's picture shows that he/she understands the important information. 2: The student's picture shows that he/she does not really understand the topic. The picture shows some mistakes about the topic. 1: The student's picture shows that he/she does not understand the topic. The picture shows many mistakes about the topic. 0: The student did not try to create a picture. Hope that helps! Melissa/VA/2nd On Jan 6, 2008 4:34 PM, Carol Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Melissa, > > Thanks for the information. > > Carol T. > > On Jan 6, 2008 2:12 PM, Melissa Kile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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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