Math Interactive Student Notebook

							                       Math Interactive
                       Student Notebook
                      A Key Element to Success
                   in Math Class with Mrs. Sanders

  This is a modified PowerPoint of a
PowerPoint originally shared by Melinda
                Gannon.
Have you ever heard
  yourself say . . .
Keep it all together
    with your
 What is an Interactive
      Notebook?
• A personalized, clear textbook
• A working portfolio -- all of your
  notes, classwork, etc. -- in one
  convenient spot
      Left Side – Right Side
           Orientation
      LEFT SIDE                 RIGHT SIDE
Left side items are items   Right side items are the
   from the teacher and            student’s . . .
       text to be . . .

   LEARNED                  REFLECTIONS
           Left Side
• Left is for learnable content!
• The left side “belongs” to Mrs.
  Sanders and the text.
• The left side has “testable”
  information.
   Examples of Teacher
    Left Side Content
• Notes, usually in the Cornell note-
 taking format
• Handouts
• Graphic organizers
• Example problems worked out with
  written “running” commentary
• Content to go on a math foldable
           Right Side
• The right is for “reflection.”
• The right side belongs to YOU!
• The right side is where you record your
  PROCESSING of the teacher-
  provided notes, handouts, etc. (i.e. of
  the left side items).
   Examples of Student
Right Side Work/Products
• Guided practice
• Graphic organizers
• Foldables
• Your re-writing of notes into your own
  language and/or with illustrations
 More Examples of Right
  Side Work/Products
• Math journal entries (e.g. about real-
  world math, about the assigned
  Internet math practice homework)
• Creative math memory hooks
• Mental math models (e.g. a story about
 “good guys leaving” and “bad guys leaving”
 to explain pos/neg integer multiplication)
 Extra Credit Right Side
     Work/Products
   NOTE: These are graded by detailed rubrics.
1. math riddles (especially for geometry)
2. student-created math games requiring
   math expertise (both to create and play
   the game; can involve dice, spinners, etc.)
3. poems/raps to aid memory of concepts or
   algorithms
4. etc.
. . . in your own language!
Sample Math Memory Hook
    with Illustration
Sample Foldables
Sample Venn Diagram
Sample Math Riddle
       Student Supplies
• Math textbook
• One-inch binder (math-class-only)
• M.I.S.N. = a plastic or laminated
  bradded folder with pockets, filled
  with 120 pages of loose leaf paper
• Your own “whiteboard” (i.e. a sheet of
  white cardstock in a heavy duty sheet protector)
• pencil bag of supplies (see next slide)
    Pencil Bag Contents
• Pencils
• Mechanical pencil sharpener (must
  catch its own shavings)
• Whiteboard marker, map pencils, red
  grading pen
• Scissors, protractor, compass, glue,
  calculator
     Maintaining the
  Interactive Notebook
• IMPORTANT: To help it last and keep it
  from getting lost, store your interactive
  notebook safely away in the FRONT
  POCKET of your Math-Class-Only Binder.
• Date and number each page (L1, R1, L2, R2,
  L3, etc.).
• No doodling that doesn’t relate to notes
• No ripped out pages or torn corners
       Test Your MISN Knowledge
Can you mentally fill in the blanks below and
mentally “circle” the correct words?

    The left side is for        The right side is for
   _______ _______.             _____________.

  It is for input/output.     It is for input/output.
   (circle one) from the       (circle one) from the
         _________.                  _________.