Mathematicians use notebooks to record data, make drawings, ask questions and much more.
We will be using an Interactive Notebook to collect and process information. Our notebooks use a left side and right side to help you organize your learning. The right page includes traditional class assignments: notes, worksheets, etc. On the left side you use the information.
Front of Page
Personal side You interact with the information in a unique and creative way.
Back of Page
Information side You write or glue in information from class (todays lesson).
All pages must have a page number and title. Notebooks must be brought to class every day or stored in the classroom. Number the pages sequentially, Do not remove any pages. Both right and left pages should be numbered. The first pages are reserved for a table of contents, and instructions. Use color to help organize your information. Handouts, foldables and other paper should be glued or taped in place. No staples.
Front Page Assignment Options
1. Draw pictures, which demonstrate the meaning of the words in the assignment. The word itself must appear in the picture. 2. Create a chapter test with a 10 question matching section & 4 multiple choice items. 3. Using the vocabulary words on the Right Page as search prompts, Find 3 websites which provide more information. Write 2 facts you learned from visiting each website. 4. Choose the most important concept and write an explanation in 3 paragraphs or less which would explain the concept to a young child. 5. Choose a concept and then describe how this applies to a real life situation. Make a comparison. 6. Using the Unit vocabulary, Create a crossword puzzle 7. Design a book or magazine cover for the subject we are covering 8. Create an advertisement which might appear in a magazine which tries to convince people to learn more about what we are studying 9. Create a Venn Diagram Comparing and Contrasting 2 topics we are discussing 10. Name That Tune: Make up a song title for one of the things you learned in class today and a fictitious band to sing it. Write the lyrics of the chorus (the part that repeats throughout the song.) 11. Superhero: Create a superhero whose name includes a concept you learned today. Describe his/her superpower as it would be written in a comic book. Create a comic strip for this superhero depicting your hero in action. 12. Write a super-short story- the wackier, the better about what we learned in class today. Include at least 3 vocabulary words from the Right page. 13. Write an acrostic using one word that sums up the topic of the lesson. For each letter, write something you learned about the topic.
