Interactive History Notebooks

I'm grading my students' interactive notebooks right now, so I thought I would give you a little peek into what they do!
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[@ChristianpatriotUSA]

I love this so much! I decided to go back to school to finish my degree (after 20 years!) and switched to Middle School (Language Arts and Social Studies) and this got me SO excited! I am obsessed with all of the middle school teaching videos on KZbin! THANK YOU! Yours are fabulous! Hope I do as great a job and stay as enthusiastic as you appear to be! :)

[@kaydubs2058]

This was an excellent introduction to interactive notebooks. I may try adapting to our class creative writing project.

[@emilylightsey6374]

First of all, your hair is so dang cute! You need to start showing how you do those cute braids and twists. Secondly, I am right there with you about having stuff to grade! I am an elementary teacher, but I still love to watch your videos. Some of the things you talk about can be adjusted for my students, like these notebooks. I would love to try these in some fashion in my classroom. I hope you have a wonderful second semester, and a wonderful second and third trimester!

[@toocoolformiddleschoolblog]

+Applejack 1522 Thanks so much! Good luck with your grading! :)

[@renaepasse8462]

Love the interactive notebooks.I always loved history.Good luck on your 2nd trimester!

[@toocoolformiddleschoolblog]

+Renae Passe It's my favorite too! Thank you, I'm looking forward to it! ;)

[@doriannoconnell1346]

How fun to find your book report from middle school! Must have been a very influential teacher and class that you chose to major in the very same subjects! Sounds and looks like you are passing that on to your students 🙂

[@catreinert818]

My sister and I had blocked classes in middle school as well math/science and English/history. Also I remember finding my high school note book of U.S. History and I was surprised. In my high school U.S. History starts at WWI and continues from there. I wish I had remembered more form my middle school history class.

[@kdm5022]

I love your ideas. I teach 3rd grade and we started doing interactive notebooks this year.

[@toocoolformiddleschoolblog]

How fun!

[@luminyam6145]

Excellent video. Thank you. And thank you for being a teacher.

[@tracymil1]

Thank you for this video. Im thinking of incorporating this in my high school ela class.

[@BridgingLiteracy]

This was great! We kind of do the same in Kindergarten. The collage is a fantastic idea. Definitely incorporating that next year. Kuddos!

[@toocoolformiddleschoolblog]

+The Lettered Classroom That's awesome that you can get them started on those skills so young! And we still need to set up a collab sometime soon! I'll email you this week! :)

[@BridgingLiteracy]

YES!!! Looking forward to it.

[@JenuineLife]

Really loved this video! I will be using these in my performing and media arts grade 5/6 classes this year to help with assessment and a great resource for the kiddos!!

[@pauladawes5332]

I did an interactive language arts notebook at my last school and it turned out wonderful. I changed schools and content to Social Studies but my principal does not like interactive notebooks bc she feels they spend the hour cutting n pasting so I am really bummed I am not able to do one this year

[@nichellerodriguez1524]

Paula Tice Try a modified INB. No cutting. Copy pages in color to fit in your students' notebooks. Use post-it notes, highlighters, non-porous markers, etc.

[@gardenia77]

I get the idea, but functionally, as a parent, I hated interactive notebooks. It grades craft skills instead of academic skills. My son (ADHD-Inattentive) struggled with all the little pieces and it made a subject stressful that didn't have to be. And nothing ever stayed glued. Just another perspective.

[@toocoolformiddleschoolblog]

This video is super old, I don’t use them anymore 😂😂

[@GJOville]

Thanks for sharing your creativity. I love it!

[@aprillavai6679]

My interim grades are due tomorrow, so it's nice to know that I wasn't alone in my weekend paperwork. ;-) Meanwhile, thank you so much for sharing your interactive notebooks. I will work on setting this up for next year. This year, I'm trying a journaling notebook and it just isn't working. I think the interactive notebook will be a much better fit! I hope you've been feeling well and that you have a very Happy New Year! :-)

[@toocoolformiddleschoolblog]

Thank you, good luck finishing up your grades!!

[@jessicahegland9235]

LOVE this idea. I'm a preservice teacher currently and we're doing these for my social studies methods class. I'm in a year long student teaching intern program--I kind of just observe and help out in the classroom in the first semester, and then completely take over teaching in the second semester. I was planning to do this during my student teaching semester in the spring, but I heard my mentor teacher say today that she hates "more notebooks"... I'm not sure whether doing these would be stepping on her toes or not :\

[@toocoolformiddleschoolblog]

They can get tedious to grade but if you can stay on top of that they're fun! 😊

[@gregnutter1296]

You are AWESOME!

[@mariemacpeek4715]

😊😊

[@kaila62kaila]

i was enjoying your IN until the interview somebody over 50 now I'm a history project at 55...just joking...you are a great teacher! (smile!)

[@8cme8]

Ah, yes. Super helpful! Should have known you had already made a video on these, haha. Thanks so much!

[@nebba200355]

Love your videos. Thanks for making these 🌸

[@jebtylermorris]

I'm thinking of teaching My Brother Sam is Dead to my honors 8th grade history students this year, as well. It will be my first time teaching that book (or actually any historical fiction novel). Do you have any tips or recommendations for curriculum guides? TIA!

[@marlinator4251]

This is an amazing idea!!

[@Cbug7997]

So helpful (as always)! Thank you!

[@DeloriHikes4fun]

Who buys the construction paper? Do you provide it or do they have to buy it?

[@Always1ftontheGround]

Yeah, those seem like a huge waste of money and paper... Can the kids really not learn with a more economical, eco-friendly method???

[@scrappinbeauty]

Where did you get your notebook rules

[@Always1ftontheGround]

Do you teach arts and crafts or history?

[@DeloriHikes4fun]

Oh, I guess that you answer that question . . .

[@mulvihilla]

Are your students able to redo pages for more points?

[@toocoolformiddleschoolblog]

+Amy Mulvihill Nope! These are the biggest pain in the butt to grade, so you only get one shot! But they do a lot of the work in class with me walking around giving personal feedback, so they know ahead of time if there are any problems with their pages

[@mulvihilla]

That's good! I "inherited" a system where students are allowed to do "error analysis" for anything, which means they don't have to take anything seriously the first time and I constantly have past assignments coming back in. Will not miss this when I change schools next year!

[@toocoolformiddleschoolblog]

Ugh, that sounds horrible! If grading already feels never-ending, that would make it even worse!

[@timjohnson2186]

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