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Case: Interactive Notebooks-Completion Problems This year I decided to have my science classes put together interactive science notebooks. They took spiral notebooks and created a table of contents in the front and then numbered each of their pages. Any notes that we took in class were glued onto the left side of their notebook. The right sides of their notebooks I asked them to basically summarize the notes from the left side. They could do this in a variety of ways, draw picture, write a story, create a concept map, etc. I don't care HOW they summarize as long as they ARE summarizing. We started out okay, but now I can't hardly get any of my students to complete their notebooks! I grade them every two weeks and it's rapidly becoming a waste of time to even collect them. I still like the concept but what can I do differently to encourage them to complete this? I take it as a homework assignment in my grade book. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Utilizing interactive notebooks can become more hands on! Don't limit students to just note taking on the left side. Open it up to any type of activity. Vocabulary webs, visual representations, foldables, and timelines are just a few things you could have students complete. There are endless ideas for foldables, especially for science classes! Another idea is for students to use the right side for quizzes and reflections. That way they are always on their toes with what kind of "check" you are going to do! |
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