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What is an Interactive Notebook?
A place where all of your work will be keptNotesClass work (most of it)
A record of what you’ve learned this year Your own personalized textbook!
A part of your AVID grade!!!
Why Do We Use an Interactive Notebook?
Uses both the right and left hemispheres of the brain
Sort, categorize and remember information Creatively interact with new knowledge The MORE you process, the MORE you
understand and the LONGER you retain the information
What you’ve learned over the course of the year, all in one place!
Two Composition Books
100-sheet Composition Book
Focus-Notes (Note-taking) Composition Book
Tape the two composition books together-“Focus Notes” on Top-“100-sheet Composition Book” on the Bottom
Setting Up the AVID INB
1. Number each RIGHT-HAND page 1,3,5,7,9… and so on
Focus-Notes The last right-hand page should be #159
100-Sheet Composition Book Begin numbering with the number 1 The last right-hand page should be #199
2. Tape composition books together
Expectations
You bring the AVID Interactive Notebook (INB) with you to class each and everyday
YOU are responsible for your INB You review your INB nightly and complete
any incomplete work and homework
Maintaining the AVID INB
No ripped out pages or torn corners No doodling that doesn’t relate to the work New day = New DATE at top of pg. Incomplete work AND homework completed
DAILY Tab important assignments/notes using post-
its
Left vs. Right
Right-Side Activities
Input, teacher directed Assignments All right hand pages
need a complete heading
including date and title/topic
Left-Side Activities Output, student
directed Shows your
understanding Interactions w/ info Reflects how you learn Use color; color helps
you REMEMBER
Left-Side Activities