Have you ever heard yourself say…

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What is an Interactive Notebook?

A place where all of your work will be keptNotesClass work (most of it)

A record of what you’ve learned this year Your own personalized textbook!

A part of your AVID grade!!!

Why Do We Use an Interactive Notebook?

Uses both the right and left hemispheres of the brain

Sort, categorize and remember information Creatively interact with new knowledge The MORE you process, the MORE you

understand and the LONGER you retain the information

What you’ve learned over the course of the year, all in one place!

Two Composition Books

100-sheet Composition Book

Focus-Notes (Note-taking) Composition Book

Tape the two composition books together-“Focus Notes” on Top-“100-sheet Composition Book” on the Bottom

Setting Up the AVID INB

1. Number each RIGHT-HAND page 1,3,5,7,9… and so on

Focus-Notes The last right-hand page should be #159

100-Sheet Composition Book Begin numbering with the number 1 The last right-hand page should be #199

2. Tape composition books together

Expectations

You bring the AVID Interactive Notebook (INB) with you to class each and everyday

YOU are responsible for your INB You review your INB nightly and complete

any incomplete work and homework

Maintaining the AVID INB

No ripped out pages or torn corners No doodling that doesn’t relate to the work New day = New DATE at top of pg. Incomplete work AND homework completed

DAILY Tab important assignments/notes using post-

its

Left vs. Right

Right-Side Activities

Input, teacher directed Assignments All right hand pages

need a complete heading

including date and title/topic

Left-Side Activities Output, student

directed Shows your

understanding Interactions w/ info Reflects how you learn Use color; color helps

you REMEMBER

Left-Side Activities