We are almost done! Just a couple of more things to add before we go into actually activities with the journal. Yesterday, we placed the "road map" aka state standards, our plicker for quick assessments, and our puzzle partners sheet. Today, we are going to finish with information that aids students. At the first of the year, I send home a classroom expectation sheet for students AND parents to sign. They return the classroom expectations sheet to me and I keep it in a special file. It holds everyone accountable and I LOVE it! I think this has been my biggest lifesaver! When parents send you emails with disagreements on a particular topic, you can refer them back to the classroom expectation contract. I will never stray away from this protocol. So, here is a copy of my classroom expectations.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oq1Zbe-VqKOnLtpmHiDPDCqaW5qCA86PN5hriOD6cqw/edit?usp=sharing
This works for me. You may use it however you would like. You are free to make changes to it. If you find something that works better or that I forgot something, just comment below.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oq1Zbe-VqKOnLtpmHiDPDCqaW5qCA86PN5hriOD6cqw/edit?usp=sharing
This works for me. You may use it however you would like. You are free to make changes to it. If you find something that works better or that I forgot something, just comment below.
Next, we need a table of contents. In the past, I have had students glue several pages in their journal dedicated to the table of contents. I have had them just label the tops of pages as table of contents, but I always like to give them printed versions. It just makes the notebook look better in my opinion. Remember, you have to get kids to buy into the interactive notebook idea. By making it attractive, it makes kids want to share and be creative. This year, I got this idea from Pinterest. You take all of the table of contents and put them in a stack and staple them. After stapling them together, you glue down the last page in the journal. It will look like this: I have a free table of contents that you can download from my TpT store. Here is the link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Science-interactive-notebook-table-of-contents-2150356
Note: I used 10 pages stapled together. There are 15 slots to write in their titles for their pages. I do not think you will need that many pages. I would recommend only do 4-5 pages.
