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The Start of My Journey

February 9, 2013 By Tracy Tegeler 14 Comments

I am beginning my journey with Interactive Science Notebooks in my classroom.  I am very excited to use these and my kids have jumped on board too!   Since this will be a learning adventure, I figured I would share what I do, things that work, things that don’t work, and great resources I find.  I will be hosting a blog series—Time to Interact.  This series will include any resources I create to use as freebies for my wonderful readers. image My first piece of advice is to try everything you plan!  Make your own version of the notebook.  This will better prepare you to explain and share with your students.  It will also allow you to see any flaws ahead of time.  To introduce the notebooks to my students I created a little presentation to show pictures and the purpose. image image At the end of the presentation I included this page: image I included this to help give students for their cover page if they picked the option where they decorate the cover.  Here are the cover options: image When I created these for my kids I didn’t put a space for their name… Oops! I fixed it for all of you.  My students glued this safety contract in the front cover of their notebooks.  I recommend cutting or trimming extra edges off for your kids if you have a limited Science time.  image I also hot glued laminated sheets on the back of the notebooks for easily accessible dry erase boards.  I think this will be a HUGE time saver during lessons.  This is what my notebook looks like for the first day! image My students started today by brainstorming and responding to the question: How are humans and animals similar? After responding my class was pulled into an assembly, but on Monday we will pick back up where we left off.  Have you ever been on the website Teacher Domain?  Well if you haven’t check it out here: http://www.teachersdomain.org/ It is free to register and there is a ton of video clips and lesson ideas available. We are going to watch and discuss two videos: Beavers & What Animals Eat. Then we will work on the foldable together.  Students will write each thing an animal needs to live on the front with an illustration.  Inside we will write why each thing is needed by animals.  At the end of the lesson, students will illustrate an animal they chose in their habitat with their needs being met.  As a class we will write what we learned.  (Eventually students will do this independently.)  I will be sure to share student work sample photos next week! Click below to download the free resources! image image

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Comments

  1. Suzy Q says

    February 9, 2013 at 6:07 am

    Thank you for sharing, Tracy! Our science time is whatever is left after everything else…which turns out to be about 20 minutes every other day. 🙁

    Reply
  2. Amanda Bryant says

    February 9, 2013 at 1:42 pm

    These are wonderful!!!! Thanks for sharing. It is so sad, but just as mentioned above, we have very limited time for science. I would love to incorporate something like this into our day.

    Amanda Bryant
    A Traveled Teacher

    Reply
  3. Eileen Griffin says

    February 9, 2013 at 1:48 pm

    Thank you for sharing! I love this idea and will definitely use these resources!

    Reply
  4. Across the Hall says

    February 9, 2013 at 6:13 pm

    Thanks for sharing all your ideas and freebies!! Everything you make is adorable! I wish we had more time for science…you may have convinced me to invest some!

    Can't wait to check our teachersdomain.org…always love hearing about new websites!

    Halle
    Across the Hall in 2nd Grade

    Reply
  5. Mission Control says

    February 9, 2013 at 10:44 pm

    I started using interactive notebookes for the first time this year. So far it is going quite well. I'm amazed at how much the students like them.

    Reply
  6. The Science Penguin says

    February 10, 2013 at 4:44 am

    Everything looks great! 🙂

    Reply
  7. Chrissy says

    February 10, 2013 at 6:48 pm

    I love this idea! Thanks for sharing so much detail about using them.
    Chrissy
    First Grade Found Me

    Reply
  8. Anonymous says

    February 10, 2013 at 8:41 pm

    Awesome! Love that you're doing this with littler kiddos… I keep seeing ideas with the older grades and am so excited to have a resource with more primary examples.
    Thanks!

    Reply
  9. Diane Hubacz says

    February 15, 2013 at 3:56 am

    YOur ISN is awesome! They really make a difference in a Science classroom. With every new year, I try to improve it, change it, and adapt it. Thank you for sharing!

    Diane
    Teaching With Moxie

    Reply
  10. Angela Nerby says

    February 16, 2013 at 5:12 am

    I am SO excited for this series! I also use ISNs for science, and I can't wait to see what AWESOME ideas you have!

    Angela 🙂
    Hippo Hooray for Second Grade!

    Reply
  11. Jessica says

    February 16, 2013 at 10:09 pm

    What a great idea! I'm excited to see this and maybe use it next year!
    What i have learned

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  12. thepolkadotowl says

    February 16, 2013 at 11:45 pm

    Wow Tracy!! I love it!! Thank you so much for sharing! My littles are going to love this! 🙂

    Reply
  13. Kate says

    March 3, 2013 at 6:36 pm

    This is fantastic!! I am not teaching science this year {we are departmentalized} but I will be pinning this for next year!! Thanks Tracy 🙂

    Kate
    EduKate and Inspire

    Reply
  14. leigh says

    August 17, 2013 at 7:00 pm

    Thank you for sharing. I am excited to use your presentation and safety rules.

    Reply

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