Every year, I do notebook checks a bit differently. Some years I grade them. Some years I forgo grading them. Every time I choose that route, I end up regretting it. Last year, I did spot checks of random skills in notebooks every two weeks or so. This year, I’ve decided to only check notebooks …
Interactive Notebook Resources
I’ve been asked a few questions lately about how I have my students make pockets for their interactive notebooks. I thought for sure I had blogged about this already, but I couldn’t find the blog post anywhere! I have my students make pockets for their interactive notebooks whenever I’m giving them a bunch of …
One of my favorite changes from last school year was to make dividers for my students’ interactive notebooks. The year before last, I tried using sticky tabs to separate units. But, these just got bent up in students’ backpacks. The kids weren’t using them, so I stopped handing them out. This past year’s dividers were …
My students set up their interactive notebooks on the third day of school. That was in August. It’s November, and I’m finally blogging about it. Here are my three interactive notebooks for the year. Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Statistics. Want to know what I’m most excited about? Our individual unit tables of contents make …
I am having my students complete error analysis sheets this year. I also created a poster about the different types of errors to hang on my wall. Because students may be working on these error analysis sheets outside of my classroom, I decided to reformat my poster as a notebook insert. This will print two …
This school year, I’m trying a new approach with hall passes/letting students go to the bathroom. In the past, I’ve just let students go whenever they said they needed to go. At the beginning of the year, this was fine. But, a few students would always start taking advantage of my generosity and begin asking …
Today I want to share a list of problem solving strategies designed to be glued in interactive notebooks. I have also included a full-sized version for binders. The upcoming school year is going to be a BUSY one, so I’ve been trying to get as many resources created as possible this summer. My current project …