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Why should you use Interactive Notebooks?

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Why should you use Interactive Notebooks?

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Reason 3: Interactive Notebooks are engaging to students and with engagement comes investment in learning.  It is important that students feel that they have some independence and choice.  Students learn by doing and the Interactive notebook allows this. As noted by Mark Pennington, MA Reading Specialist,

"The INB keeps students focused on the learning task, even when a social environment is permitted. Students rarely describe INB classes as “boring.” And let’s face it; almost everyone loves to color."

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Why should you use Interactive Notebooks?

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Reason 1: It is so important that students are given the opportunity to apply the skills they've learned.  An interactive notebook allows for practice of information presented in the mini-lesson.  As noted by Mark Pennington, MA Reading Specialist,

"Practice using the content and skills in the INB immediately after the lecture provides that reinforcement. The INBs stop the forgetting cycle and imprint learning into long-term memories."

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Why should you use Interactive Notebooks?

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Reason 2: Interactive Notebooks help students comprehend the instruction and note taking.  Students are more engaged in the lesson and therefore have more understanding.  As noted by Mark Pennington, MA Reading Specialist,

"Rather than slowing the pace of instruction and causing day-dream boredom with elongated “interactive lectures,” INBs provide the interactivity within the notebooks themselves."

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What are some roadblocks to using Interactive Notebooks?

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What are some roadblocks to using Interactive Notebooks?

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Reason 1: Interactive Notebooks take up too much precious class time.   As noted by Mark Pennington, MA Reading Specialist,

"Because INBs involve copying, coloring, writing, cutting and pasting graphic organizers (plus many other activities), many teachers find that this instructional approach takes up too many classroom minutes. Plus, some students just take much more time than others."

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What are some roadblocks to using Interactive Notebooks?

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What are some roadblocks to using Interactive Notebooks?

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Reason 2: Interactive Notebooks do not lend themselves to rigorous, higher level thinking because instruction has to "fit" in a model or illustration.  It can actually be very limiting.   As noted by Mark Pennington, MA Reading Specialist,

"The simple fact is that many times content and practice is limited to what will fit in the “cool flower petal” foldable. The graphics lend themselves to Depth of Knowledge, or Costa’s Levels, or Bloom’s Taxonomy lowest levels. The “Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally” (math order of operations), “King Henry Doesn’t Usually Drink Chocolate Milk (science metric units), or F.A.N.B.O.Y.S. (ELA coordinating conjunctions) work great for 3D graphics, but not so great for higher level thinking skills. "