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A teacher in my building is having difficulty with fifth graders use of sticky notes. Does someone have a lesson that helps them focus on just writing real connections on the notes - they are not getting her point. By the way, this interactive notebook looks great - but what is SOL? Thanks, Linda Thanks, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Kile" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] WAS Differentiating Work Stations NOW InteractiveNotebooks for Elementary > 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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