{"id":873,"date":"2015-02-20T13:07:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T18:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/?p=873"},"modified":"2015-02-20T13:07:43","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T18:07:43","slug":"interactive-notebooks-in-middle-school-language-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/interactive-notebooks-in-middle-school-language-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Interactive Notebooks In Middle School Language Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Interactive Notebooks Help Students Organize and Synthesize Information<\/h3>\n<p>The purpose of the interactive notebook is to enable students to be\u00a0creative, independent thinkers and writers. Interactive notebooks are\u00a0used for class notes as well as for other activities where the student\u00a0will be asked to express his\/her own ideas and process the information\u00a0presented in class. The purpose behind an interactive notebook is to help\u00a0students organize and synthesize\u00a0information given to them in class. Interactive notebooks are one way for\u00a0a teacher to accomplish\u00a0the goal of meeting the variety of learning styles and multiple\u00a0intelligences of all the students in his or her classroom. The classroom\u00a0that these interactive notebooks are being utilized in this year is a\u00a0middle school language arts class.<\/p>\n<h3>Challenges or Obstacles<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Materials that are needed can be difficult to collect at times in at\u00a0risk classrooms<\/li>\n<li>Students who do not have strong organizational skills can find\u00a0interactive notebooks difficult<\/li>\n<li>Initial organization of an interactive notebook can be time consuming.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Benefits and Successes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Interactive notebooks are one way for a teacher to plan lessons that\u00a0involve the spectrum of intelligences.<\/li>\n<li>These notebooks provide teachers with an organizational tool for their\u00a0lessons.<\/li>\n<li>Interactive notebooks help teachers to integrate a range of learning\u00a0styles to meet the\u00a0needs of the students<\/li>\n<li>Note-taking is an effective, proven strategy. The process of taking\u00a0notes actively engages students in the learning process which increases\u00a0comprehension.When students are involved with note\u00a0taking, they retain an understanding of the content.<\/li>\n<li>Interactive notebooks can help students\u00b9 process information, review\u00a0for assessments and personalize the content knowledge being presented.<\/li>\n<li>Interactive notebooks allow students to express their creative side.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Additional Materials:<\/h3>\n<p>Click here for additional materials:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2015\/02\/Doc1.docx\">Doc1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2015\/02\/Doc2.docx\">Doc2<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/espace.bsu.edu\/bestpractices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2015\/02\/Doc3.docx\">Doc3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Submitted by:<\/strong> Milissa Crum, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acsc.net\">Anderson Community Schools<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interactive Notebooks Help Students Organize and Synthesize Information The purpose of the interactive notebook is to enable students to be\u00a0creative, independent thinkers and writers. 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